Impacting maternal and child nutrition in rural Vietnam: experiences of an American nurse-consultant.
This article describes a pilot project undertaken by the author, her physician husband and a Vietnamese physician partner in a rural Vietnamese community on the Mekong Delta approximately 80 kilometers from Saigon. The project was focused on reducing malnutrition in a community of approximately 11,000 people. Successful steps were taken, based on earlier research, to help the members of this rural community to get involved in developing a solution for maternal and infant malnutrition in their community.
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University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, Denver, USA.
D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003253:Consultants; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012423:Rural Health; D014744:Vietnam