| Description |
viii, 447 pages : illustrations ; ;23 cm |
| Series |
Food systems and agrarian change |
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Food systems and agrarian change.
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| Contents |
Preface / Joyce Lewinger Moock -- 1. Beyond Child Survival: An Overview of the Issues / Per Pinstrup-Andersen, David Pelletier and Harold Alderman -- 2. Promoting Healthy Growth: Rationale and Benefits / Reynaldo Martorell -- 3. Household Behavior, Preschool Child Health and Nutrition, and the Role of Information / Jere R. Behrman -- 4. Nutrition Education in Developing Countries: An Examination of Recent Successful Projects / Maria Teresa Cerqueira and Christine M. Olson -- 5. Growth Monitoring as an Educational Tool, an Integrating Strategy, and a Source of Information: A Review of Experience / Marie T. Ruel -- 6. Child Caregiving and Infant and Preschool Nutrition / Patrice L. Engle -- 7. Improving the Nutrition of Women in the Third World / Joanne Leslie -- 8. Do Child Survival Interventions Reduce Malnutrition? The Dark Side of Child Survival / Sandra L. Huffman and Adwoa Steel |
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9. Water and Sanitation: Health and Nutrition Benefits to Children / Susan E. Burger and Steven A. Esrey -- 10. Family Planning as a Promoter of Child Survival and Growth / John G. Haaga -- 11. Feeding Programs and Food-Related Income Tranufers / Beatrice Lorge Rogers -- 12. Agriculture and Nutrition / Saba Mebrahtu, David Pelletier and Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- 13. Community Participation in Food and Nutrition Programs: An Analysis of Recent Governmental Experiences / Roger Shrimpton -- 14. Multisectoral Nutrition Planning: A Synthesis of Experience / F. James Levinson -- 15. Information as an Input into Food and Nutrition Policy Formation / Harold Alderman -- 16. The Role of Information in Enhancing Child Growth and Improved Nutrition: A Synthesis / David Pelletier -- 17. Enhancing Child Growth and Nutrition: Lessons for Action / Per Pinstrup-Andersen, David Pelletier and Harold Alderman |
| Analysis |
Developing countries Children Health |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p373-434. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-434) and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Developing countries -- Growth.
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Children -- Developing countries -- Nutrition.
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Children -- Nutrition -- Developing countries.
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Nutrition policy -- Developing countries.
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Women -- Developing countries -- Nutrition.
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Women -- Nutrition -- Developing countries.
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| Author |
Alderman, Harold, 1948-
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Pelletier, David L.
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Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.
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| LC no. |
94031497 |
| ISBN |
0801430011 |
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0801481899 |
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