Maternal profiles and social determinants of malnutrition and the MDGs: What have we learnt?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tette, Edem M A ^a,b   Sifah, Eric K ^b   Nartey, Edmund T ^a   Nuro Ameyaw, Peter ^c   Tete Donkor, Pricilla ^b   Biritwum, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Princess Marie Louis Children's Hospital   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Child; HIV; Malnutrition; Maternal characteristics; MDGs; Social care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959524443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2853-z     Document Type: Article

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