Growth monitoring and promotion: Review of evidence of impact

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 86-117

  Ashworth, Ann ^a   Shrimpton, Roger ^b   Jamil, Kazi ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UN Standing Committee on Nutrition   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Child survival; Growth monitoring; Growth promotion; Nutritional status; Programme effectiveness

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BUDGET; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INVESTMENT; JAMAICA; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MADAGASCAR; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 39549123802     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00125.x     Document Type: Review

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