Combining Home Garden, Poultry, and Nutrition Education Program Targeted to Families with Young Children Improved Anemia among Children and Anemia and Underweight among Nonpregnant Women in Nepal

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-64

  Osei, Akoto ^a   Pandey, Pooja ^b   Nielsen, Jennifer ^b   Pries, Alissa ^b   Spiro, David ^c   Davis, Dale ^b   Quinn, Victoria ^b   Haselow, Nancy ^b  

^a African Union Commission   (Ethiopia)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; growth; homestead food production; stunting; women; young children

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; FOOD PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME GARDEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POULTRY; RURAL AREA;

NEPAL;

EID: 85012241766     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116676427     Document Type: Article

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