Gap between awareness and practices regarding maternal and child health among women in an urban slum community

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a,c   Goel, N K ^a   Kalia, Meenu ^a   Swami, H M ^a   Singh, Ruchi ^b  

^a GMC and Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Colostrum feeding; Complementary feeding (CF); Exclusive breast feeding (EBF); Infant and young child feeding (IYCF); Maternal and Child Health (MCH); Supplementary Nutrition (SN)

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LACTATION; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44949255613     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0072-z     Document Type: Article

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