Treating moderate acute malnutrition in first-line health services: An effectiveness cluster-randomized trial in Burkina Faso

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-249

  Nikièma, Laetitia ^a   Huybregts, Lieven ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,c   Lanou, Hermann ^b,c   Tiendrebeogo, Simon ^a   Bouckaert, Kimberley ^c   Kouanda, Séni ^a   Sondo, Blaise ^a   Roberfroid, Dominique ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BURKINA FASO; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL HEALTH CARE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS; BABY FOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIET THERAPY; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; SOY FOODS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903534076     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.072538     Document Type: Article

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