Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area

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dc.contributor.advisorLevett, Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKuhn, Louiseen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T10:01:18Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T10:01:18Z
dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 199-209.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study is an exploratory one of growth monitoring in a rural African village, Thornhill. Growth monitoring is a primary health care approach to prevent child malnutrition in under-developed areas promoted by a variety of development agencies, particularly UNICEF, as a part of the "child survival revolution." It involves weighing children regularly and plotting their weights on a growth chart retained by the child's mother. Growth charts provide a visual display of a child's growth to allow health workers and mothers to identify early signs of growth faltering in order to facilitate ameliorative action (usually food supplementation or nutrition education) to prevent malnutrition. It also aims to facilitate the active participation of mothers in ensuring their child's continual good growth. The history of growth monitoring and its use in the South African context is discussed. The underlying rationale and component processes needed to implement it effectively are identified in a review of process evaluation studies of growth monitoring. Thornhill is an impoverished African rural area in the Ciskei in which malnutrition is a serious health problem and growth monitoring has been systematically implemented. However, although the health service had a demonstrated capacity for successful health interventions it had been unable to improve nutritional status. Background information and previous research in the area is presented. The study aimed to explore why growth monitoring had failed to improve nutritional status in Thornhill by investigating the way in which the component objectives of growth monitoring in terms of making growth visible, facilitating nutrition intervention and facilitating mothers' participation in their children's care were perceived by mothers and health workers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKuhn, L. (1991). <i>Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13538en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKuhn, Louise. <i>"Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13538en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKuhn, L. 1991. Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kuhn, Louise AB - This study is an exploratory one of growth monitoring in a rural African village, Thornhill. Growth monitoring is a primary health care approach to prevent child malnutrition in under-developed areas promoted by a variety of development agencies, particularly UNICEF, as a part of the "child survival revolution." It involves weighing children regularly and plotting their weights on a growth chart retained by the child's mother. Growth charts provide a visual display of a child's growth to allow health workers and mothers to identify early signs of growth faltering in order to facilitate ameliorative action (usually food supplementation or nutrition education) to prevent malnutrition. It also aims to facilitate the active participation of mothers in ensuring their child's continual good growth. The history of growth monitoring and its use in the South African context is discussed. The underlying rationale and component processes needed to implement it effectively are identified in a review of process evaluation studies of growth monitoring. Thornhill is an impoverished African rural area in the Ciskei in which malnutrition is a serious health problem and growth monitoring has been systematically implemented. However, although the health service had a demonstrated capacity for successful health interventions it had been unable to improve nutritional status. Background information and previous research in the area is presented. The study aimed to explore why growth monitoring had failed to improve nutritional status in Thornhill by investigating the way in which the component objectives of growth monitoring in terms of making growth visible, facilitating nutrition intervention and facilitating mothers' participation in their children's care were perceived by mothers and health workers. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area TI - Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13538 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13538
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKuhn L. Why growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African area. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13538en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherResearch Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleWhy growth monitoring fails : an exploratory study of child malnutrition intervention in a rural African areaen_ZA
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