Knowledge of integrated management of childhood illnesses community and family practices (C-IMCI) and association with child undernutrition in Northern Uganda: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mukunya, David ^a   Kizito, Samuel ^a   Orach, Tonny ^a   Ndagire, Regina ^a   Tumwakire, Emily ^a   Rukundo, Godfrey Zari ^b   Mupere, Ezekiel ^a   Kiguli, Sarah ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Community and family practices of the integrated management of childhood illnesses; Gulu; IMCI; Stunting; Sub Saharan Africa; Undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84907984316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-976     Document Type: Article

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