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Training Module: Poor Growth

Identifying poor growth
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Self-test questions

 

 
 
one

Several criteria can be used to identify children who may be growing poorly. Which of these criteria have been recommended?

a. weight below more than two standard deviations below the mean
 b. length below the 5th percentile
 c. weight above the 20th percentile
 d. weight-for-length below the 10th percentile
 e. growth faltering
 f. a, b, d, e

two

The use of the back of the growth chart is recommended at all well-child visits. Which of these statements is reason for doing so?

a. With young children, it allows you to look at weight-for-length, so that you can pick out a child who is getting thin.
 b. With children over two or three, it allows you to use the body mass index, which varies with age.
 c. It allows you to track head growth (for a child under 3 years of age).
 d. All of the above


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