Growth assessment and action (GAA) data collection program

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The aim of the Northern Territory Government's Growth Assessment and Action (GAA) program is to improve the growth and nutritional status of children 0-5 years living in remote communities. The program has been operating in the Northern Territory for over 10 years and has gradually been applied to other States across the country. GAA involves regular monitoring of growth and implementation of early action if growth falters. The main objectives of the GAA involve timely and accurate growth and anemia monitoring of individual children, appropriate and timely intervention of growth faltering, and reporting nutritional status, including anemia prevalence at community, district and territory level. The Northern Territory GAA report provides population level information on the growth status of Indigenous children under five years of age in remote communities across the NT. The report includes details of the program coverage, reporting the number of children measured compared with the number of resident children. The report also provides rates of stunting, wasting, underweight and anemia for the whole NT and by broad geographical regions.

Contacts

Child Health Nutritionist
Ph: (08) 8922 7810

Links

• View report: Growth assessment and action (GAA) data collection program
• View information: Growth assessment and action (GAA)