Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia (SURE) evaluation study: A protocol to evaluate impact, process and context of a large-scale integrated health and agriculture programme to improve complementary feeding in Ethiopia

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Moss, Cami ^a   Bekele, Tesfaye Hailu ^b   Salasibew, Mihretab Melesse ^a   Sturgess, Joanna ^a   Ayana, Girmay ^b   Kuche, Desalegn ^b   Eshetu, Solomon ^b   Abera, Andinet ^b   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

agriculture; child feeding; dietary diversity; evaluation; nutrition; stunting

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUNTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTING SYNDROME; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMUNITY CARE; COMPLICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AGRICULTURE; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 85051011047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022028     Document Type: Article

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