Understanding multifactorial drivers of child stunting reduction in exemplar countries: A mixed-methods approach

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue , 2020, Pages 792S-805S

  Akseer, Nadia ^a,b   Vaivada, Tyler ^a   Rothschild, Oliver ^c   Ho, Kevin ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Gates Ventures LLC   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Determinants; Drivers; Exemplar; Framework; Linear growth; Mixed methods; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GREY LITERATURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; PEER REVIEW; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIANGULATION; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXEMPLAR STUDY; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NUTRITION; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDY;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85091126229     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa152     Document Type: Article

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