Advantages and challenges of integration: Opportunities for integrating early childhood development and nutrition programming

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-53

  Digirolamo, Ann M ^a   Stansbery, Pablo ^b   Lung'aho, Mary ^a,c  

^a CARE International   (United States)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Nutrition Policy and Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood development; Integrated services; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORKLOAD;

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED SERVICES; NUTRITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84893087202     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12323     Document Type: Article

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