Long-Term Impact of Community-Based Information, Education and Communication Activities on Food Hygiene and Food Safety Behaviors in Vietnam: A Longitudinal Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Takanashi, Kumiko ^a,b   Quyen, Dao To ^c   Le Hoa, Nguyen Thi ^c   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^d   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b International Life Sciences Institute Japan   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HYGIENE; FOOD SAFETY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881526760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070654     Document Type: Article

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