Monitoring the marketing, distribution, and use of Sprinkles micronutrient powders in rural western Kenya

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Suchdev, Parminder S ^a,e   Ruth, Laird ^e   Obure, Alfredo ^b   Were, Vincent ^b   Ochieng, Cliff ^c   Ogange, Lorraine ^b   Owuor, Mercy ^b   Ngure, Frances ^d   Quick, Robert ^e   Juliao, Patricia ^e   Jung, Christina ^a   Teates, Kathryn ^e   Cruz, Kari ^e   Jefferds, Maria Elena D ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP)   (Kenya)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery strategies; Home fortification; Kenya; Multiple micronutrient powders; Program monitoring; Sprinkles

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; INCENTIVE; MARKETING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRACE ELEMENT;

KENYA;

TRACE ELEMENT;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; MARKETING; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; KENYA; MALE; MARKETING; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77954924564     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265100312s209     Document Type: Article

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