Effectiveness of a community-based nutrition programme to improve child growth in rural Ethiopia: a cluster randomized trial

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kang, Yunhee ^a   Kim, Sungtae ^b   Sinamo, Sisay ^c   Christian, Parul ^d  

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

^b World Vision Korea   (South Korea)

^c WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood stunting; cluster randomized trial; community based participatory nutrition promotion; complementary feeding practices; effectiveness evaluation; Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET THERAPY; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007087412     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12349     Document Type: Article

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