Measuring Nutrition Governance: An Analysis of Commitment, Capability, and Collaboration in Nepal

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4_suppl, 2016, Pages S170-S182

  Webb, Patrick ^a,b   Ghosh, Shibani ^a   Shrestha, Robin ^a   Namirembe, Grace ^a   Gurung, Sabi ^a   Sapkota, Diplav ^a,c   Bell, Winnie Fay ^a   Davis, Dale ^c   Kennedy, Eileen ^a   Neupane, Shailes ^d   Manohar, Swetha ^e   Baral, Kedar ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Valley Research Group   (Nepal)

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

Author keywords

governance; multisectoral programming; Nepal; nutrition; policy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL PLANNING; NUTRITION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

AWARENESS; BUDGET; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEPAL; NUTRITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BENCHMARKING; COOPERATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; STANDARDS;

NEPAL;

BENCHMARKING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 85000658859     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116674856     Document Type: Article

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