Application of the Health Belief Model to Teach Complementary Feeding Messages in Ethiopia

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 572-582

  Tariku, Befikadu ^a   Whiting, Susan J ^b   Mulualem, Demmelash ^c   Singh, Pragya ^c  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

behavior; breast feeding; dietary diversity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREASTFEEDING; DIET; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; MODELING; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION;

ETHIOPIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHIOPIA; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; NUT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTS; WEANING;

EID: 84937632280     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2015.1049344     Document Type: Article

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