Perceptions of growth monitoring and promotion among an international panel of district medical officers

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Roberfroid, Dominique ^a   Lefèvre, Pierre ^a   Hoerée, Tom ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Child growth; Child nutritional status; Developing countries; Growth charts; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 27744599998     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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