The impact of integrated infant and young child feeding and micronutrient powder intervention on feeding practices and anemia in children aged 6–23 months in Madagascar

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Locks, Lindsey M ^a,b   Reerink, Ietje ^c   Brown, Amal Tucker ^d   Gnegne, Smaila ^d   Ramalanjaona, Noelimanjaka ^c   Nanama, Simeon ^d   Duggan, Christopher P ^a,e   Garg, Aashima ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c Fiaro   (Madagascar)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Community health workers; Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF); Micronutrient powders (MNP)

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY DIVERSITY SCORE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUTRIENT POWDER; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POWDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; CAREGIVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CAREGIVERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POWDERS;

EID: 85020462143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9060581     Document Type: Article

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