Assessing implementation fidelity of a community-based infant and young child feeding intervention in Ethiopia identifies delivery challenges that limit reach to communities: A mixed-method process evaluation study Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Sunny S ^a   Ali, Disha ^b   Kennedy, Andrew ^a   Tesfaye, Roman ^b   Tadesse, Amare W ^c   Abrha, Teweldebrhan H ^d   Rawat, Rahul ^e   Menon, Purnima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e International Food Policy Research Institute   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Implementation fidelity; Infant and young child feeding; Process evaluation; Program impact pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84927133500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1650-4     Document Type: Article

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