A mixed methods study to assess the effectiveness of food-based interventions to prevent stunting among children under-five years in Districts Thatta and Sujawal, Sindh Province, Pakistan: Study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kureishy, Sumra ^a   Khan, Gul Nawaz ^a   Arrif, Shabina ^a   Ashraf, Khizar ^b   Cespedes, Angela ^b   Habib, Muhammad Atif ^a   Hussain, Imtiaz ^a   Ullah, Asmat ^a   Turab, Ali ^a   Ahmed, Imran ^a   Zaidi, Shehla ^a   Soofi, Sajid Bashir ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b World Food Programme   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Food based; Interventions; Pakistan; Prevention; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85008319401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3976-y     Document Type: Article

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