An integrated microcredit, entrepreneurial training, and nutrition education intervention is associated with better growth among preschool-aged children in rural Ghana

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 335-343

  Marquis, Grace S ^a,b   Colecraft, Esi K ^c   Sakyi Dawson, Owuraku ^c   Lartey, Anna ^c   Ahunu, Ben K ^c   Birks, Katherine A ^a   Butler, Lorna M ^b   Reddy, Manju B ^b   Jensen, Helen H ^b   Huff Lonergan, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Animal source foods; Diet; Growth; Nutrition education; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FISHING; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRANT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; TRAINING; UNDERWEIGHT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84963951231     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.194498     Document Type: Article

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