| Literature DB >> 2695479 |
C K Ritenbaugh1, A K Said, O M Galal, G G Harrison.
Abstract
Birthweight surveillance is an important epidemiologic tool, yet it is largely unattainable in locales where most births occur at home attended by traditional midwives. A tempered-steel hand-held scale developed by Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH, Seattle, USA) was adapted for use by Egyptian traditional midwives; it identified newborns weighing less than 2.5 kg by a colour code (yellow versus blue). The scale and reporting system were field tested in a rural Egyptian village. Traditional midwives reported 98% of 299 livebirths attended and 85% were reweighed by Salter scale within 48 hours. Sensitivity of the scale was 100%, specificity 94%. Field conditions are specified for incorporating this method into a surveillance system.Keywords: Africa; Anthropometry; Arab Countries; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Data Collection; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Egypt; Equipment And Supplies; Health; Health Personnel; Health Services; Information; Information Processing; Maternal-child Health Services; Measurement; Mediterranean Countries; Midwives; Northern Africa; Organization And Administration; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Program Evaluation; Programs; Records; Research Methodology; Rural Population
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2695479 DOI： 10.1093/ije/18.supplement_2.s54
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Epidemiol ISSN： 0300-5771 Impact factor: 7.196