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; Faith M Thuita

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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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Allison Bingham

dPATH, Seattle, WA, USA

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Faith M Thuita

eUniversity of Nairobi, School of Public Health, Nairobi, Kenya

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Altrena G Mukuria, Stephanie L Martin, Thaddeus Egondi, Allison Bingham, Faith M Thuita

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Altrena G Mukuria, Stephanie L Martin, Thaddeus Egondi, Allison Bingham, Faith M Thuita

Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2016, 4 (1) 55-72; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00197

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