Role of social support in improving infant feeding practices in Western Kenya: A quasi-experimental study

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-72

  Mukuria, Altrena G ^a,b   Martin, Stephanie L ^a,c   Egondi, Thaddeus ^d   Bingham, Allison ^e   Thuita, Faith M ^f  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project   (United States)

^c USAID Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project ^*  (United States)

^d AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^e PATH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; MEAL; MOTHER; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRANDPARENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEALS; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85021365796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00197     Document Type: Article

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