Incorporating elements of social franchising in government health services improves the quality of infant and young child feeding counselling services at commune health centres in Vietnam

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1008-1020

  Nguyen, Phuong H ^a   Kim, Sunny S ^b   Keithly, Sarah C ^c   Hajeebhoy, Nemat ^d   Tran, Lan M ^d   Ruel, Marie T ^b   Rawat, Rahul ^b   Menon, Purnima ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Institute of Social and Medical Studies   (Viet Nam)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infant and young child feeding; nutrition counselling; quality of care; Social franchise; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; VIETNAM;

EID: 84926306732     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt083     Document Type: Article

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