Pilot project of the Nutrition-Friendly School Initiative (NFSI) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Cotonou, Benin, in West Africa

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-49

  Delisle, Hélène F ^a   Receveur, Olivier ^a   Agueh, Victoire ^b   Nishida, Chizuru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Regional Institute of Public Health Institut Régional de Santé Publique   (Benin)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benin; Burkina faso; Children; Educational programs; Health promotion; Nutrition; Nutrition friendly school initiative; Schools; West africa; World health organization; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OVERNUTRITION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BENIN; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; OVERNUTRITION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887542231     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913476907     Document Type: Article

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