Mainstreaming nutrition in maternal, newborn and child health: Barriers to seeking services from existing maternal, newborn, child health programmes

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 237-255

  Streatfield, Peter K ^a   Koehlmoos, Tracey P ^a   Alam, Nurul ^a   Mridha, Malay K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Barriers; Child; Health services; Integration; Maternal; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 39449124274     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00123.x     Document Type: Review

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