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Volume 19, 2014 - Issue sup1: Population-Level Behavior Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of the Evidence
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EVIDENCE SUMMIT REVIEW ARTICLES

The Role of Health Systems and Policy in Producing Behavior and Social Change to Enhance Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Examination of the Evidence

Luis F. Vélez DePelchin Children's Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Mary Sanitato Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Donna Barry Center for American Progress, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Martin Alilio U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Franklin Apfel World Health Communication Associates, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Gloria Coe U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Amparo Garcia U.S. Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Michelle Kaufman Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jonathan Klein American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
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Vesna Kutlesic National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Lisa Meadowcroft AMREF, New York City, New York, USA
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Wendy Nilsen Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Gael O'Sullivan ABT Associates, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Stefan Peterson Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Daniel Raiten National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Susan Vorkoper National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Pages 89-121 | Published online: 10 Sep 2014

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