Plot and see! Maternal comprehension of growth charts worldwide

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1074-1086

  Roberfroid, D ^a   Pelto, G H ^b   Kolsteren, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Comprehension; Growth charts; Maternal education; Programme theory; Review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH WORKER; LITERACY; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PARENTING; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 34548699126     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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