Primary health care facility infrastructure and services and the nutritional status of children 0 To 71 months old and their caregivers attending these facilities in four rural districts in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, South Africa

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Schoeman, S ^a   Smuts, C M ^b   Faber, M ^a   Van Stuijvenberg, M ^a   Oelofse, A ^c   Laubscher, J A ^a   BenadeI A J S ^d   Dhansay, M A ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caregivers' rural; Children; Nutritional status; Primary health care facilities; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77957934097     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2010.11734254     Document Type: Article

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