Measuring political commitment and opportunities to advance food and nutrition security: Piloting a rapid assessment tool

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 566-578

  Fox, Ashley M ^a   Balarajan, Yarlini ^b   Cheng, Chloe ^a   Reich, Michael R ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition security; Political commitment; Priority setting; Rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CATERING SERVICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALNUTRITION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; POLITICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; POLITICS;

EID: 84939428641     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu035     Document Type: Article

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