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Research
- Blackwell N et al (2015). Mothers understand and can do it: a comparison of mothers and community health workers determining mid-upper arm circumference in 103 children aged from 6 months to 5 years. Archives of Public Health.
- ENN Field Exchange Research Summary (2015): Mothers understand and can do it (MUAC)
- Alé FGB, Phelan KPQ et al (2016). Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger. Archives of Public Health.
- Grant et al (2018). Comparing performance of mothers using simplified mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) classification devices with an improved MUAC insertion tape in Isiolo County, Kenya 2018
Tools and guidelines
- Action Against Hunger: Family MUAC, supporting entire communities to screen for acute malnutrition
- ALIMA Guidelines for Training of Trainers: Mother-MUAC: Teaching Mothers to Screen for Malnutrition (EN/FR)
- GOAL Family MUAC toolkit
- International Medial Corps Family MUAC toolkit (English)
- World Vision Mother Led MUAC Tools (English)
- World Vision PB Mère Boîte à Outils (French)
Reports
Enquête SLEAC du programme PECMAS et étude sur l’impact du projet pilote « PB Mamans » (2016)
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