Identifying the sociocultural barriers and facilitating factors to nutrition-related behavior change: Formative research for a stunting prevention program in Ntchisi, Malawi

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-153

  Kodish, Stephen ^a   Aburto, Nancy ^b   Hambayi, Mutinta Nseluke ^c   Kennedy, Caitlin ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c United Nations World Food Programme   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Ethnographic methods; Formative research; Lipid based nutrient supplement (SQ LNS); Malawi; Prevention of stunting; Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement; Small quantity

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

MALAWI;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

CULTURE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS;

EID: 84938701648     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115586784     Document Type: Article

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