Shamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial

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  Cohen, Craig R ^a   Steinfeld, Rachel L ^a   Weke, Elly ^b   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^b   Hatcher, Abigail M ^a,e   Shiboski, Stephen ^a   Rheingans, Richard ^c   Scow, Kate M ^d   Butler, Lisa M ^f   Otieno, Phelgona ^b   Dworkin, Shari L ^a   Weiser, Sheri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food insecurity; HIV; Intervention; Livelihoods; Microfinance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930003905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-0886-x     Document Type: Article

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