The sustainability of community-based therapeutic care (CTC) in nonemergency contexts

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.3, 2006, Pages

  Gatchell, Valerie ^a   Forsythe, Vivienne ^a   Thomas, Paul Rees ^a  

^a Concern Worldwide ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community based therapeutic care; Primary health care; Severe malnutrition; Sustainable nutrition programming

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 39049188763     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265060273s306     Document Type: Article

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