Capacity building in the health sector to improve care for child nutrition and development

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-182

  Yousafzai, Aisha K ^a   Rasheed, Muneera A ^a   Daelmans, Bernadette ^b   Manji, Sheila ^c   Arnold, Caroline ^c   Lingam, Raghu ^d   Muskin, Joshua ^c   Lucas, Jane E ^e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Aga Khan Foundation   (Switzerland)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Child Development and Health Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Empowerment; Health workers; Knowledge mobilization; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CRITICAL THINKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCALE UP; TEAMWORK; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION; QUALITY;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84893065539     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12322     Document Type: Article

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