Nutrition education for illiterate children in southern Madagascar - Addressing their needs, perceptions and capabilities

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-372

  Mahr, Johanna ^a   Wuestefeld, Marzella ^a   Ten Haaf, Joep ^b   Krawinkel, Michael B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child to Child approach; Health education; KAP study; Nutrition related issues; Participatory Learning and Action

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; READING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 20644438014     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004683     Document Type: Review

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