Impact of type of child growth intervention program on caregivers’ child feeding knowledge and practices: a comparative study in Ga West Municipality, Ghana

Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 562-572

  Agbozo, Faith ^a   Colecraft, Esi ^b   Ellahi, Basma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving; community based growth promotion; growth monitoring and promotion; infant and young child feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990215156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.318     Document Type: Article

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