Toward a Scalable and Sustainable Intervention for Complementary Food Safety

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 186-201

  Rahman, Musarrat J ^a   Nizame, Fosiul A ^a   Nuruzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Akand, Farhana ^a   Islam, Mohammad Aminul ^a   Parvez, Sarker Masud ^a   Stewart, Christine P ^b   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c   Winch, Peter J ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; complementary feeding; feeding behaviors; food contamination; weaning

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; WEANING;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; SUMMER; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; WEANING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971483885     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116631641     Document Type: Article

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