Ante natal care (ANC) utilization, dietary practices and nutritional outcomes in pregnant and recently delivered women in urban slums of Delhi, India: an exploratory cross-sectional study

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ghosh Jerath, Suparna ^a   Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^a   Singh, Archna ^b   Shankar, Anuraj ^c   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Dietary intake; Nutrition counselling; Nutritional status; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; READING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927593440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0008-9     Document Type: Article

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