Influence of gender roles and rising food prices on poor, pregnant women's eating and food provisioning practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Levay, Adrienne V ^a   Mumtaz, Zubia ^a   Faiz Rashid, Sabina ^b   Willows, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Food insecurity; Gender; Maternal malnutrition; Pregnancy; Ultra poor; Urban; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST OF LIVING; DECISION MAKING; DIET RESTRICTION; EMPOWERMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

BANGLADESH; COMMERCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84884552296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-53     Document Type: Article

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