Review of implementation processes for integrated nutrition and psychosocial stimulation interventions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-45

  Yousafzai, Aisha K ^a   Aboud, Frances ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compliance; Delivery strategies; Dosage; Fidelity; Implementation processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCALE UP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPLIANCE; DELIVERY STRATEGIES; DOSAGE; FIDELITY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84893027128     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12313     Document Type: Article

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