Effects of nutritional supplementation and home visiting on growth and development in young children in Madagascar: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2019, Pages e1257-e1268

  Galasso, Emanuela ^a   Weber, A M ^b   Stewart, Christine P ^c   Ratsifandrihamanana, Lisy ^d   Fernald, Lia C H ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Centre Médico Educatif les Orchidées Blanches   (Madagascar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT; LIPID;

AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE 1; AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE 3; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MASKING; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DEATH; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; STUNTING; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UNDERWEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HOME VISIT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 85070207851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30317-1     Document Type: Article

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