Effect of a Nutritional Education Program on Children's Undernutrition in Indonesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
• Undernutrition in children can negatively impact developmental growth. • Nutrition education programs increase mothers' knowledge about undernutrition. • Nutritional education programs boost mothers' confidence to manage undernutrition. • Nutritional education programs enhance mothers' complementa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pediatric Healthcare Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 552 - 564 |
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| Formato: | research randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jul2024
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