How can formative research inform the design of an iron-folic acid supplementation intervention starting in first trimester of pregnancy in Bangladesh?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alam, Ashraful ^a   Rasheed, Sabrina ^b   Khan, Nazib Uz ^b   Sharmin, Tamanna ^b   Huda, Tanvir M ^b   Arifeen, Shams E ^b   Dibley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Formative research; Iron folic acid; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BANGLADESH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IRON; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929149800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1697-2     Document Type: Article

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