Effects of community-based follow-up care in managing severely underweight children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-319

  Hossain, Md Iqbal ^a   Nahar, Baitun ^b   Hamadani, Jena D ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Brown, Kenneth H ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community based care; management of acute malnutrition; psychosocial stimulation; randomized trial; severely underweight children; supplementary food

Indexed keywords

FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL PALMITATE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC SULFATE;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVALESCENCE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; THINNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80052509243     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31821dca49     Document Type: Article

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