Nutrition training in medical and other health professional schools in West Africa: The need to improve current approaches and enhance training effectiveness

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sodjinou, Roger ^a,b   Bosu, William K ^b   Fanou, Nadia ^a   Déart, Lucie ^a   Kupka, Roland ^a   Tchibindat, Félicité ^a   Baker, Shawn ^c  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b West Africa Health Organization (WAHO)   (Burkina Faso)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Curriculum revision; Health professional schools; Nutrition; Training; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDWIFE; MODEL; NURSING ASSISTANT; NUTRITION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SCHOOLS, NURSING;

EID: 84922571909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24827     Document Type: Article

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