Measures and indicators for assessing impact of interventions integrating nutrition, health, and early childhood development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-88

  Frongillo, Edward A ^a   Tofail, Fahmida ^b   Hamadani, Jena D ^b   Warren, Andrea M ^a   Mehrin, Syeda F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Child development; Early childhood; Family care; Health; Integrated interventions; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EARLY CHILDHOOD; FAMILY CARE; HEALTH; INTEGRATED INTERVENTIONS; NUTRITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84893033165     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12319     Document Type: Article

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