Individual and structural environmental influences on utilization of iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Tinago, Chiwoneso B ^a   Annang Ingram, Lucy ^b   Blake, Christine E ^b   Frongillo, Edward A ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

antenatal care; iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnancy; micronutrient deficiencies; nutrition in pregnancy; qualitative research; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TABLET; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZIMBABWE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; DEFICIENCY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FORTIFIED FOOD; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84983000324     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12350     Document Type: Article

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