Monitoring the Adequacy of Catch-Up Growth Among Moderately Malnourished Children Receiving Home-Based Therapy Using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference in Southern Malawi

Each year more children die from moderate than severe malnutrition. Home-based therapy (HBT) using Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) has proven to successfully treat uncomplicated childhood malnutrition on an outpatient basis. This study attempts to discern if Mid-upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)...

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Published in:	Maternal and child health journal Vol. 15; no. 7; pp. 980 - 984
Main Authors:	Connor, Nicholas E., Manary, Mark J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01.10.2011 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Analysis Anthropometry Arm - anatomy & histology Child Nutrition Disorders - diet therapy Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Childrens health Data collection Databases, Factual Developing countries Edema Female Food Food Supply - methods Gynecology Home Care Services Humans Infant LDCs Malawi Male Malnutrition Maternal and Child Health Medicine Medicine & Public Health Nutritional status Pediatrics Population Economics Population Surveillance Program Evaluation Public Health Retrospective Studies Sociology Standard scores Statistical models Statistics Malawi Home based therapy CMAM Ready-to-use therapeutic food Anthropometry Moderate malnutrition Arm circumference
ISSN:	1092-7875, 1573-6628, 1573-6628
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