Use of multiple opportunities for improving feeding practices in under-twos within child health programmes

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 328-336

  Bhandari, Nita ^a   Mazumder, Sarmila ^a   Bahl, Rajiv ^a   Martines, José ^b   Black, Robert E ^c   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Feeding practices; Nutrition counselling; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEEDING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRAINING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24044478767     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi039     Document Type: Article

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