Women's empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 3134-3145

  Cunningham, Kenda ^a   Ploubidis, George B ^a   Menon, Purnima ^b   Ruel, Marie ^b   Kadiyala, Suneetha ^a   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,c   Ferguson, Elaine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Child nutrition; South Asia; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEPAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949256222     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015000683     Document Type: Article

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