Maternal autonomy is inversely related to child stunting in Andhra Pradesh, India

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-74

  Shroff, Monal ^a,c   Griffiths, Paula ^b   Adair, Linda ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a   Bentley, Margaret ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child stunting; India; Maternal autonomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049176496     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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