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Adapted by the State of California CHDP NutritionSubcommittee

from the online training module:

Accurately Weighing & Measuring Infants,Children and Adolescents: Technique

U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesHealth esources and Services Administration

!aternal and Child Health "ureau

http:##depts.$ashington.edu#gro$th#

Ho$ to Accurately%eigh and !easureChildren

for the CHDP Well-Child

Exam
http://depts.washington.edu/growth/http://depts.washington.edu/growth/


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"y the end of thispresentation

you $ill be able to:

Accurately weigh a child Accurately +easure a

child

anage co++onproble+s encountered

&b'ectives


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C Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System gro$th statistics from CHDP P! *+)

&ver$eight , &bese

ChildrenCalifornia children ages ( to - years


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C Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System gro$th statistics from CHDP P! *+)

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ChildrenCalifornia children ages to - ()years


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Height/ length/ and$eight alert

providers to:

-rowth proble+s

.eeding proble+s /+otional or socialproble+s

Illness

!easurements 0ou1a2e

Are 3mportant


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"!3 67ro$thChart

&bese

&ver$eight

Normal8

Under$eight

9ab 1estscholesterol ,

glucose;

3nollo$urther tests maybe $arranted

depending onfamil histor

Normal

Abnormal


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0our !easurements

7uide !any &thers

"!3 67ro$thChart

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Schools

Parents

PedNSSData

0our!easurements

%eight

HeightAge"!3

HeadStart


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%hat challengesdo you face@

Ho$ do you handle them@


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Use a private area or eamroom for the follo$ing:

6e+o7al of clothing and donning gown

aking +easure+ents

8iscussing results

espect Privacy


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"efore you

begin:1*8eter+ine e9uip+ent

needed for infant and child

2*ake sure e9uip+ent isclean, safe, and in goodcondition

#*sing a balance scale;Set to


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!easure 9ying or

Standing@

9ength 9ying;

se irth > 2(+onths

"? growth chart

nable to stand

without assistance@

StatureStanding;

Able to standwithout

assistance

se 2 > 20 years


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!easuring 3nfantBs

9engthuipmentNeeded:

easuring board

o7able foot piece

6igid headboard

arked to 1B&!

Need assistant


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!easuring 3nfantBs

9ength


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easuring tape or yardstick attached to

table tops

easuring between 2 pencil +arks onexa+ table

3nappropriate

!ethods of !easuring


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!easuring 3nfantBs

9ength1* easure infant wearing only clean,dry diaper* Co shoes*2* Day infant on back*

#* Assistant or parent holdshead Er+ly against

the headboard*

(* ith one hand, hold infant kneesdown, straightening the hips and

knees*


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!easuring 3nfantBs

9ength* ith the other hand,+o7e the footboard

until it is resting Er+lyagainst infant heels*oes point directly up*

'* easure length to nearest 1B&!*$* ?n "8= = 1'0,

record +easure+ent to nearest

1B(!*


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!easuring Height

Stature;uipment Needed:Fertical stadio+eter Gheightrod):

o7able hori


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!easuring Height

Stature;


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easuring tapes

Hardstick or poster attached to wall

"eight rod attached to scale

3nappropriate

!ethods of !easuring


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!easuring Height

Stature;1* 6e+o7e shoes and outer clothingGackets, hats)*2* hild stands on a bare, Jat surface with

heels slightly apartK back as straight aspossible*

#* "eels, buttocks, head and

shoulders blades touch thewall or +easuring surface*

(* /yes should be straightahead, ar+s at side,and shoulders relaxed*


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!easuring Height

Stature;* Ask child to stand as tall aspossible, keeping heels on theground*

'* Slowly lower headboard

until it touches the crownof the head Er+ly*

$* heck the childLs position*

easurerLs eyes are parallelwith the headpiece*

&* easure height to the nearest

1B&!*


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uipment needed:

ea+ balance or electronic scale

At least # lb capacity

eigh in 10 g or M o

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