Mixed-methods study identifies key strategies for improving infant and young child feeding practices in a highly stunted rural indigenous population in Guatemala

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 262-277

  Brown, Kelley ^a   Henretty, Nicole ^b   Chary, Anita ^c   Webb, Meghan Farley ^d   Wehr, Heather ^d   Moore, Jillian ^e   Baird, Caitlin ^f   Díaz, Anne Kraemer ^g   Rohloff, Peter ^h  

^a World Vision US   (United States)

^b Edesia   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

^g WUQU' KAWOQ MAYA HEALTH ALLIANCE   (Guatemala)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Complementary foods; Cultural issues; Ethnicity; Low income countries; Multidisciplinary approaches

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; COST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PURCHASING; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD; FORTIFIED FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CULTURE; DIET; FEEDING METHODS; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GUATEMALA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84961202718     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12141     Document Type: Article

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