Applying a knowledge-to-action framework for primary prevention of spina bifida in tropical Africa

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-184

  Claude, Kasereka M ^a   Juvenal, Kwibuka L ^a   Hawkes, Michael ^b  

^a HEAL Africa ^*  (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Folic acid; Knowledge translation; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION FRAMEWORK; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVOR; TELECOMMUNICATION; TROPICS; VIDEORECORDING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858164849     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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