The effectiveness of nutrition education: Applying the Health Belief Model in child-feeding practices to use pulses for complementary feeding in Southern Ethiopia

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 308-323

  Mulualem, Demmelash ^a   Henry, Carol J ^b   Berhanu, Getenesh ^a   Whiting, Susan J ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; legumes; nutrition education; pulses; undernutrition; young children

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; EDUCATION; FEEDING; LEGUME; NUTRITION; YOUNG POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOKING; CROP; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FABACEAE; GROUP PROCESS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTHY DIET; HOME VISIT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT SEED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ETHIOPIA;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COOKING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; ETHIOPIA; FABACEAE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEEDS;

EID: 84962856997     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2016.1161617     Document Type: Article

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