The effectiveness of the WHO training course on complementary feeding counseling in a primary care setting, Ismailia, Egypt

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  El Sayed, Hesham ^a   Martines, Jose ^c   Rakha, Mona ^b   Zekry, Osama ^a   Abdel Hak, Mona ^b   Abbas, Hanan ^a  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

child growth; complementary feeding; counseling; educational intervention; Egypt

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; COUNSELING; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHERS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899082654     PISSN: 00132446     EISSN: 2090262X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.EPX.0000443990.46047.a6     Document Type: Article

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