Impact of anthropometry training and feasibility of 3D imaging on anthropometry data quality among children under five years in a postmortem setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) identifies causes of under-5 mortality in high mortality countries.

Objective

To address challenges in postmortem nutritional assessment, we evaluated the impact of anthropometry training and the feasibility of 3D imaging on data quality within the CHAMPS Kenya site.

Design

Staff were trained using World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended manual anthropometry equipment and novel 3D imaging methods to collect postmortem measurements. Following training, 76 deceased children were measured in duplicate and were compared to measurements of 75 pre-training deceased children. Outcomes included measures of data quality (standard deviations of anthropometric indices and digit preference scor

SUBMITTER: Gupta PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538800 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature