Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions

Child stunting due to chronic malnutrition is a major problem in low- and middle-income countries due, in part, to inadequate nutrition-related practices and insufficient access to services. Limited budgets for nutritional interventions mean that available resources must be targeted in the most cost...

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Main Authors: Pearson, Ruth, Killedar, Madhura, Petravic, Janka, Kakietek, Jakub J., Scott, Nick, Grantham, Kelsey L., Stuart, Robyn M., Kedziora, David J., Kerr, Cliff C., Skordis-Worrall, Jolene, Shekar, Meera, Wilson, David P.
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Published: Springer 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31366
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spelling okr-10986-313662021-05-25T10:54:37Z Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions Pearson, Ruth Killedar, Madhura Petravic, Janka Kakietek, Jakub J. Scott, Nick Grantham, Kelsey L. Stuart, Robyn M. Kedziora, David J. Kerr, Cliff C. Skordis-Worrall, Jolene Shekar, Meera Wilson, David P. STUNTING NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTION ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY QUANTITATIVE TOOLS MALNUTRITION CHILD HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICE Child stunting due to chronic malnutrition is a major problem in low- and middle-income countries due, in part, to inadequate nutrition-related practices and insufficient access to services. Limited budgets for nutritional interventions mean that available resources must be targeted in the most cost-effective manner to have the greatest impact. Quantitative tools can help guide budget allocation decisions. 2019-03-11T16:59:14Z 2019-03-11T16:59:14Z 2018-03-20 Journal Article BMC Public Health 1471-2458 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31366 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank Springer Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic STUNTING
NUTRITION
NUTRITION INTERVENTION
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
QUANTITATIVE TOOLS
MALNUTRITION
CHILD HEALTH
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICE
spellingShingle STUNTING
NUTRITION
NUTRITION INTERVENTION
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
QUANTITATIVE TOOLS
MALNUTRITION
CHILD HEALTH
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICE
Pearson, Ruth
Killedar, Madhura
Petravic, Janka
Kakietek, Jakub J.
Scott, Nick
Grantham, Kelsey L.
Stuart, Robyn M.
Kedziora, David J.
Kerr, Cliff C.
Skordis-Worrall, Jolene
Shekar, Meera
Wilson, David P.
Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
geographic_facet South Asia
Bangladesh
description Child stunting due to chronic malnutrition is a major problem in low- and middle-income countries due, in part, to inadequate nutrition-related practices and insufficient access to services. Limited budgets for nutritional interventions mean that available resources must be targeted in the most cost-effective manner to have the greatest impact. Quantitative tools can help guide budget allocation decisions.
format Journal Article
author Pearson, Ruth
Killedar, Madhura
Petravic, Janka
Kakietek, Jakub J.
Scott, Nick
Grantham, Kelsey L.
Stuart, Robyn M.
Kedziora, David J.
Kerr, Cliff C.
Skordis-Worrall, Jolene
Shekar, Meera
Wilson, David P.
author_facet Pearson, Ruth
Killedar, Madhura
Petravic, Janka
Kakietek, Jakub J.
Scott, Nick
Grantham, Kelsey L.
Stuart, Robyn M.
Kedziora, David J.
Kerr, Cliff C.
Skordis-Worrall, Jolene
Shekar, Meera
Wilson, David P.
author_sort Pearson, Ruth
title Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
title_short Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
title_full Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
title_fullStr Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
title_full_unstemmed Optima Nutrition : An Allocative Efficiency Tool to Reduce Childhood Stunting by Better Targeting of Nutrition-Related Interventions
title_sort optima nutrition : an allocative efficiency tool to reduce childhood stunting by better targeting of nutrition-related interventions
publisher Springer
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31366
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