Public health nutrition capacity: Assuring the quality of workforce preparation for scaling up nutrition programmes

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2090-2100

  Shrimpton, Roger ^a   Du Plessis, Lisanne M ^b   Delisle, Hélène ^c   Blaney, Sonia ^d   Atwood, Stephen J ^e   Sanders, David ^f   Margetts, Barrie ^g   Hughes, Roger ^h  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^e THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Nutrition workforce; Scaling up nutrition

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84957812109     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001500378X     Document Type: Review

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