Determinants of infant and young child feeding practices in Nepal: Secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2006

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-351

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

^a Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^b Nepal Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^j Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

^k Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^l HELP   (Pakistan)

^m QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Determinants; Infant feeding; Nepal; Young child

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT FEEDING; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN AREA;

NEPAL;

ADULT; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77954928080     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100222     Document Type: Article

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