Effects of psychosocial stimulation on improving home environment and child-rearing practices: Results from a community-based trial among severely malnourished children in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nahar, Baitun ^a,b   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^b   Hamadani, Jena D ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^b   Grantham Mcgregor, Sally ^c   Persson, Lars Ake ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child rearing practices; Community based intervention; Food supplementation; HOME; Psychosocial stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BANGLADESH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864771853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-622     Document Type: Article

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