Introducing infant and young child feeding indicators into national nutrition surveillance systems: Lessons from Vietnam

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue S2, 2013, Pages 131-149

  Hajeebhoy, Nemat ^a   Nguyen, Phuong Hong ^b   Tran, Do Thanh ^c   de Onis, Mercedes ^d  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infant feeding; IYCF indicators; Nutrition; Surveillance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INFANT FEEDING; IYCF INDICATORS; NUTRITION; SURVEILLANCE; VIETNAM;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIETNAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84885131365     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12086     Document Type: Article

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