Using daily text messages to improve adherence to infant micronutrient powder (MNP) packets in rural western China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wang, Xu ^a   Luo, Renfu ^b   Liu, Chengfang ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Yue, Ai ^d   Medina, Alexis ^e   Rozelle, Scott ^e  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENT POWDER PACKET; MOTHER; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; TEXT MESSAGING; INFANT NUTRITION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POWDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREGIVERS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ODDS RATIO; POWDERS; RURAL POPULATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 85040779983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191549     Document Type: Article

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