Principles of Growth Flashcards
What is growth?
Growth is something referred to as physiological change. It describes an increase in length or height,weight and dimensions.
What is the 4 principles of growth
> Growth rates are not constant.
Different parts of the body grow at different rates.
Growth rate vary between children.
The growth rate of boys is usually faster on avage than that of girls,as men tend to be taller than women.
How to measuring heigth?
> Infants
They grow rapidly and will reach roughly half their adult height by the age of two.
> Adolescents (9-18 years)
They experience growth spurts(when height increases rapied over a short period) during puberty.
> Early adulthood (19-45 years)
Full height is reached by the start.
How is length/height measured?
> In the first two years, and infant’s lenght is measure when laying down.
From 2 years old their height is measure when standing.
How to measure head dimensions?
Head circumference is measured at birth and at 6-8 weeks to identify any abnormality in brain or skull growth. Skull growth is faster the first two years of life but continues into early adulthood.
How is head circumference is measured?
Head circumference is measured across the forehead,just above the ears and at the midpoint of the back of the head.
How to record growth?
Measurement are plotted on a growth chart. Centile lines represent the values of measurement from a large number of children to show ‘norms of growth in each age group.
> Growth charts give the length or height, weight and head dimension expected at a particular age.
Comparing children’s growth against norms is important to identify signs of ill-health and development problem.
Growth charts are different for boys and girls as their expected rate of growth varies.
