Large-scale behavior-change initiative for infant and young child feeding advanced language and motor development in a cluster-randomized program evaluation in Bangladesh

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 256-263

  Frongillo, Edward A ^a   Nguyen, Phuong H ^b   Saha, Kuntal K ^b   Sanghvi, Tina ^c   Afsana, Kaosar ^d   Haque, Raisul ^a   Baker, Jean ^c   Ruel, Marie T ^b   Rawat, Rahul ^b   Menon, Purnima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FHI 360   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child undernutrition; Cluster randomized trial; Effectiveness evaluation; Gross motor development; Interpersonal counseling; Language development; Mass media

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDARDS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85012070566     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.240861     Document Type: Article

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