Home visits by neighborhood Mentor Mothers provide timely recovery from childhood malnutrition in South Africa: Results from a randomized controlled trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Le Roux, Ingrid M ^a   Le Roux, Karl ^b   Comulada, W Scott ^c   Greco, Erin M ^c   Desmond, Katherine A ^c   Mbewu, Nokwanele ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^c  

^a Philani Child Health and Nutrition Project   (South Africa)

^b Zithulele Hospital   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MENTOR MOTHER; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAINING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHER; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; MENTORS; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78549275129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-56     Document Type: Article

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