Int J Epidemiol. 1989;18(4 Suppl 2):S54-9.

Development and evaluation of a colour-coded scale for birthweight surveillance in rural Egypt.

Ritenbaugh CK, Said AK, Galal OM, Harrison GG.

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Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.

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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.

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Int J Epidemiol. 1990 Sep;19(3):767-9.

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