Informing a behavior change communication strategy: Formative research findings from the scaling up nutrition movement in Mozambique

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 354-370

  Kodish, Stephen ^a   Aburto, Nancy ^b   Dibari, Filippo ^c   Brieger, William ^a   Agostinho, Saozinha P ^d   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a  

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

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c World Food Programme   (Mozambique)

^d Provincial Government   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Ethnographic methods; Formative research; Lipid based nutrient supplement (LNS); Rapid assessment procedures (RAP); Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement; Stunting prevention

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DIET; DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOGRAPHY; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIPID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

CABO DELGADO; MOZAMBIQUE;

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MOZAMBIQUE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84945372120     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115598447     Document Type: Article

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