Mapping of nutrition teaching and training initiatives in India: the need for Public Health Nutrition

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2020-2025

  Khandelwal, Shweta ^a   Dayal, Radhika ^a   Jha, Meenakshi ^a   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a   Reddy, K Srinath ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; India; Public health nutrition; Situational analysis; Teaching; Training initiatives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHING;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETETICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHING;

EID: 84867701817     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003016     Document Type: Article

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