Heavy agricultural workloads and low crop diversity are strong barriers to improving child feeding practices in the Bolivian Andes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1673-1684

  Jones, Andrew D ^a   Cruz Agudo, Yesmina ^b   Galway, Lindsay ^c   Bentley, Jeffery ^d,e   Pinstrup Andersen, Per ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b World Neighbors Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CABI   (United Kingdom)

^e Agro Insight   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Andes; Behavior change; Bolivia; Human ecology; Infant and young child feeding; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT FEEDING; NUTRITION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROP PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BOLIVIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84865660310     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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