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TAKING MEASUREMENTS PART 5. generally known, the recording of age is a straightforward procedure, with age measured to the nearest month or year as the case may be. For example, an infant whose date of birth is 13 July, 1996 could be recorded as being 6 months if seen between 13 December, 1996 and 12 January, 1997 (both dates inclusive). Similarly, a child born on 13 July, 1995 could be recorded as 6 years old if seen between 13 July 2001 and 12 July, 2002 (both dates inclusive). If dates cannot be recalled, use of a local calendar will assist mothers in recalling the date of birth. Construction of the local calendar should be done prior to the survey and tested using the enumerators. 5. 25
5.3.2. Height for children 24 months and older (Figure 5.1) 1. Measurer or assistant: Place the measuring board on a hard flat surface against a wall, table, tree, staircase, etc. Make sure the board is not moving. 2. Measurer or assistant: Ask the mother to remove the child’s shoes and unbraid any hair that would interfere with the height measurement. Ask her to walk the child to the board and to kneel in front of the child. If a Microtoise measure is used, stand the child vertically in the middle of the platform. 3. Assistant: Place the questionnaire and pencil on the ground (Arrow 1). Kneel with both knees on the right side of the child (Arrow 2). 7. Measurer and assistant: Check the child’s position (Arrows 1-15). Repeat any steps as necessary. 8. Measurer: When the child’s position is correct, read and call out the measurement to the nearest 0.1 cm. Remove the headpiece from the child’s head and your left hand from the child’s chin. 9. Assistant: Immediately record the measurement and show it to the measurer. 10. Measurer: Check the recorded measurement on the questionnaire for accuracy and legibility. Instruct the assistant to erase and correct any errors. 4. Measurer: Kneel on your right knee on the child’s left side (Arrow 3). This will give you maximum mobility. 5. 5. Assistant: Place the child’s feet flat and together in the center of and against the back and base of the board/wall. Place your right hand just above the child’s ankles on the shins (Arrow 4), your left hand on the child’s knees (Arrow 5) and push against the board/wall. Make sure the child’s legs are straight and the heels and calves are against the board/wall (Arrows 6 and 7). Tell the measurer when you have completed positioning the feet and legs. 6. Measurer: Tell the child to look straight ahead at the mother who should stand in front of the child. Make sure the child’s line of sight is level with the ground (Arrow 8). Place your open left hand under the child’s chin. Gradually close your hand (Arrow 9). Do not cover the child’s mouth or ears. Make sure the shoulders are level (Arrow 10), the hands are at the child’s side (Arrow 11), and the head, shoulder blades and buttocks are against the board/wall (Arrows 12, 13, and 14). With your right hand, lower the headpiece on top of the child’s head. Make sure you push through the child’s hair (Arrow 15). 26
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