Ti foyer (hearth) community-based nutrition activities informed by the positive deviance approach in Leogane, Haiti: A programmatic description

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 4 SUPP, 2002, Pages 11-17

  Bolles, Kathryn ^a   Speraw, Catherine ^a   Berggren, Gretchen ^a   Lafontant, Jack Guy ^a  

^a Sainte Croix Hospital   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Haiti; Hearth; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Positive deviant

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

HAITI; LEOGANE;

EID: 0036927040     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265020234s203     Document Type: Article

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