Food provisioning experiences of ultra poor female heads of household living in Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 969-976

  McIntyre, Lynn ^a   Rondeau, Krista ^a   Kirkpatrick, Sharon ^b   Hatfield, Jennifer ^a   Islam, Khaled Shamsul ^c   Huda, Syed Nazmul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Food insecurity; Food provisioning; Head of household; Millennium development goals; Poverty; Ultra poor; Whole person development; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SECURITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BASIC NEEDS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PERSONALITY; POVERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; ULTRA POOR FEMALE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POVERTY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79953097060     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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