Across-country comparisons of selected infant and young child feeding indicators and associated factors in four South Asian countries

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-375

  Dibley, Michael J ^a   Roy, S K ^b   Senarath, Upul ^c   Patel, Archana ^d   Tiwari, Kalpana ^e   Agho, Kingsley E ^f   Mihrshahi, Seema ^g   Kabir, Iqbal ^b   Badhoniya, Neetu ^d   Khadse, Sandhya ^h   Pandey, Sharada ⁱ   Godakandage, S S P ^j   Jayawickrama, Hiranya ^k   Hazir, Tabish ^l   Akram, D S ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Nepal Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^h GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^j Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

^k Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^l HELP   (Pakistan)

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Author keywords

Across country comparison; Breastfeeding; Infant and young child feeding; South asia

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT FEEDING; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

SOUTH ASIA;

AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ASIA, WESTERN; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954892935     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100224     Document Type: Article

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