Empowerment in rural Viet Nam: Exploring changes in mothers and health volunteers in the context of an integrated nutrition project

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPP, 2002, Pages 86-94

  Hendrickson, Julia L ^a   Dearden, Kirk ^a   Pachón, Helena ^b   An, Ngyuyen Hoi ^b   Schroeder, Dirk G ^c   Marsh, David R ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Research and Training Centre for Community Development   (Viet Nam)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Empowerment; Health volunteers; Nutrition education; Positive deviance; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0036921513     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265020234s212     Document Type: Article

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