Formative research methods for designing culturally appropriate, integrated child nutrition and development interventions: An overview

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-67

  Bentley, Margaret E ^a,b   Johnson, Susan L ^c   Wasser, Heather ^d   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^e   Shroff, Monal ^f   Rao, Sylvia Fernandez ^g   Cunningham, Melissa ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^f Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Development; Formative; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; STIMULATION;

DEVELOPMENT; FORMATIVE; NUTRITION;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893040986     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12290     Document Type: Article

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