The positive deviance/hearth approach to reducing child malnutrition: Systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1354-1366

  Bisits Bullen, Piroska A ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Hearth; Positive deviance; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALNUTRITION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEER REVIEW; POVERTY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053628846     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02839.x     Document Type: Review

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