Growth Charts

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Introduction to Child Growth Indicators

Refer to WHO's child-growth-standards for in-depth coverage on all indicators monitored by it, to assess the growth of a child. These indicators are intended for interpretation primarily by the health care providers to

• investigate causes of growth problems
• counsel caregivers on recovery
• intervene in urgent high-risk scenarios to avert permanent damage or mortality

The child’s age, sex, and measurements of weight and length or height will be used to calculate the following growth indicators as per WHO standards across ages 0 to 5 years:

• weight-for-age (WFA)
• length/height-for-age (HFA)
• weight-for-length/height (WFH)
• BMI (body mass index)-for-age (BMI)

The measurements of Weight, Length/Height would be taken and recorded whenever an infant or child visits a health care provider, for example, for an immunization, a well-baby visit, or care during an illness.

How to enable monitoring of Child Growth Indicators in Avni

In Avni, whenever a Program with name "Child" or "Phulwari" is created, then, by default, we enable monitoring of Child Growth Indicators for that organisation.

Growth Charts are available for following type of indicators by default in Avni Client application:

• weight-for-age (WFA)
• length/height-for-age (HFA)
• weight-for-length/height (WFH)

It is essential for some of the Program-Encounter-Types forms of the "Child" or "Phulwari" Programs, to have Concepts with names "Weight" and "Height" in them. The values for these concepts are then used by Avni application to plot the afore-mentioned Growth Charts implicitly.

Access the Growth Charts

Growth Charts are displayed only on the Avni Client application. They are available, for Individuals between ages 0 to 5 years and enrolled into programs named "Child" or "Phulwari". They will have the "Growth Chart" button shown on the Program Dashboard.

Clicking on the "Growth Chart" Dashboard button, then displays the Growth Chart with buttons on top to choose the specific type of Growth Indicator graph to be shown for that Individual.