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Role of Social Support in Improving Infant Feeding Practices in Western Kenya: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Altrena G Mukuria, Stephanie L Martin, Thaddeus Egondi, Allison Bingham and Faith M Thuita
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2016, 4(1):55-72; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00197
Altrena G Mukuria
aUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project., Washington, DC, USA. Now with USAID Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, Arlington, VA, USA
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Stephanie L Martin
bUSAID Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project, Washington, DC, USA. Now with Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Thaddeus Egondi
cAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
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dPATH, Seattle, WA, USA
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Faith M Thuita
eUniversity of Nairobi, School of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya
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vol. 4 no. 1 55-72
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00197
PubMed 
27016544

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: June 23, 2015
  • Accepted: January 6, 2016
  • Published online March 25, 2016.

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© Mukuria et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00197.

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  1. Altrena G Mukuriaa,
  2. Stephanie L Martinb,
  3. Thaddeus Egondic,
  4. Allison Binghamd,
  5. Faith M Thuitae
  1. aUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project., Washington, DC, USA. Now with USAID Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, Arlington, VA, USA
  2. bUSAID Infant and Young Child Nutrition Project, Washington, DC, USA. Now with Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA
  3. cAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
  4. dPATH, Seattle, WA, USA
  5. eUniversity of Nairobi, School of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya
  1. Correspondence to Allison Bingham (abingham{at}path.org).
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