Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions on infant and young child nutrition and feeding among adolescent girls and young mothers in rural Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 173-189

  Hackett, Kristy M ^a   Mukta, Umme S ^b   Jalal, Chowdhury S B ^c   Sellen, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^c MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bangladesh; Beliefs; Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE; BABY FOOD; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; COLOSTRUM; COOKING; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; KNOWLEDGE; MARRIED PERSON; NULLIPARA; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RICE; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXISM; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924802011     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12007     Document Type: Article

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