Cost effectiveness of responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions on early child development outcomes in Pakistan

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-161

  Gowani, Saima ^a   Yousafzai, Aisha K ^b   Armstrong, Robert ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Early childhood development; Nutrition; Pakistan; Responsive stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STIMULATION; WELLBEING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; PAKISTAN; RESPONSIVE STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PAKISTAN; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84893029336     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12367     Document Type: Article

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