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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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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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