Effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve child feeding practices and growth in rural China: Updated results at 18 months of age

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-129

  Zhang, Jingxu ^a   Shi, Ling ^b   Chen, Da Fang ^a   Wang, Jing ^c   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Laishui County Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Child growth; Complementary feeding; Infant feeding behaviour; Nutritional interventions; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYGIENE; INFANT AND CHILD FEEDING INDEX; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 84871009428     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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