Global assessment of childhood growth monitoring: cross-sectional survey of national policies and practices
Childhood growth monitoring is widely adopted, but implemented with considerable variation across countries. Strengthening its impact will require standardising indicators, integrating evidence-based guidelines into primary care, and ensuring equitable, actionable use across age groups.
Authors
- Julie Ruel‐Bergeron
- Naveen Thacker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6275-4690)
- Annariina Koivu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7994-4455)
- Aman B Pulungan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4895-4105)
- Wilson Were (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0497-9626)
- Purnima Menon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-2894)
- Kaisa Ylikruuvi
- Ulla Ashorn
- Per Ashorn
- Elaine Borghi
- Linda Shaker-Berbari
- Andreas Hasman
- Madhumita Singh
Institutions
- United Nations Children's Fund (US)
- World Bank (US)
- University of Indonesia (ID)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Tampere University (FI)
- United Nations Children's Fund India (IN)
- International Association for Dental Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2026-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.16.04034
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00