Implementation examined in a health center-delivered, educational intervention that improved infant growth in Trujillo, Peru: Successes and challenges

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-331

  Robert, Rebecca C ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary M ^b   Penny, Mary E ^b   Caulfield, Laura E ^a   Narro, M Rocio ^b   Steckler, Allan ^c   Black, Robert E ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INTERVIEWS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PERU; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34548454410     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl078     Document Type: Article

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