UK-WHO 0-4 years Growth Charts resources

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On this page:

Charts
Education and training materials
Information for parents, carers and health professionals

Charts

UK WHO Growth Charts

• UK WHO Growth Charts, Boys 0-4 years, A4 (PDF, 115KB)
• UK WHO Growth Charts, Girls 0-4 years, A4 (PDF, 140KB)

UK WHO NICM Charts

• UK WHO NICM, Girls, A4 (PDF, 140KB)
• UK WHO NICM, Boys, A4 (PDF, 140KB)

UK WHO Personal Child Health Record

• UK WHO Personal Child Health Record, Boys, A5 (PDF, 115KB)
• UK WHO Personal Child Health Record, Girls, A5 (PDF, 115 KB)
• UKWHO foldout, A5 (PDF, 70KB) 

Terms and Conditions:
The charts can be freely downloaded under the following terms and conditions:

• The charts must not be used for the purposes of advertising or promoting other products.
• RCPCH/WHO/Department of Health must be acknowledged as chart developers in any publications or products.
• Charts are Copywright © 2009 Department of Health, this copywright notice should be reproduced on all copies.
• Users may not claim any IP rights over the materials or seek to restrict use of them by others.
• Anyone wishing to print the charts for commerical reasons should first obtain permission from the Department of Health, contact MB Crown Copywright.
• Any version printed for sale must adhere to the printing specification.
• Chart images must be reproduced in whole without cropping or altering in any way.

Education and training materials

The education and training materials below have been produced by the RCPCH and are intended for use in training sessions for NHS staff and others. If you are NHS staff and would like to know how to use the materials please follow the guide
Education materials for NHS staff (289 KB)  

Presentations

All presentations (zip file) (40.4MB)

• Introduction to Growth Chart training (3.92MB)
• Introduction to UK-WHO Charts (2.36MB)
• Measuring and Plotting (10.8MB)
• Term and preterm infants (9.9MB)
• Infant and Toddlers  (6.88MB)
• Parent Child Health Record (7.84MB)
• Implementing the new Growth Charts (PDF, 300KB)
• NICM Final Charts (7.45MB) 

Training materials

All training materials (zip file) (2.33MB) 

• Training materials (PDF, KB)
• Measuring and Plotting activity sheet (PDF, 293KB)
• Measuring and Plotting answer sheet  (PDF, 263KB) 
• Term newborn activity sheet (PDF, 239KB) 
• Term newborn answer sheet (PDF, 292KB)
• Preterm activity sheet (PDF, 199KB)
• Preterm answer sheet (PDF, 256KB)
• Infant and toddler activity sheet (PDF, 277KB)
• Infant and toddler answer sheet (PDF, 360KB) 
• Evaluation of Growth Training Programme (PDF, 143KB) 
• NICM Chart activity sheet (PDF, 351KB)
• NICM Chart answer sheet (PDF, 354KB)

Information for parents, carers and health professionals

If you are a parent, carer or health professional and would like more information about what the growth charts tell you about a childs growth, or if you are
interested in reading a summary about the charts, follow the links below

• All fact sheets (zip file)   (PDF, 5.5MB)
  • What are growth charts -Factsheet (PDF, 235KB)
  • What is the difference - Factsheet (PDF, 497KB)
  • Measuring and plotting - Factsheet (PDF, 2,404KB)
  • Newborn Infants - Factsheet (PDF, 583KB)
  • Pre-term Infants - Factsheet (PDF, 650KB)
  • Infants and toddlers - Factsheet (PDF, 556KB)
  • NICM - Factsheet (PDF, 1,008KB)
     
• Fact sheet for parents (PDF, 400KB)
• Summary for parents and carers (PDF, 30KB)
• Information for healthcare professionals (PDF, 2MB)
• GP Summary  (PDF, 176KB) 
   
• Video Information:  See 'UK-WHO Growth Charts Video information' webpage

Terms of use and © copyright
The educational and training material accessed on this page can be freely downloaded and used without charge as long as:

a) Their source is acknowledged in any publications or products using them
b) They are not used for the purposes of advertising or promoting other products

Users may not themselves claim any IP rights over them or seek to restrict use of them by others. The materials are Copyright © 2009 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and this copyright notice should continue to be reproduced on any copies you may make or distribute.

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