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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

Caregiver Behavior Change for Child Survival and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Examination of the Evidence

John P. Elder Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Willo Pequegnat National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Saifuddin Ahmed Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Gretchen Bachman Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Merry Bullock American Psychological Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Waldemar A. Carlo Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Nathan A. Fox Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Sara Harkness Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Gillian Huebner Center on Children in Adversity, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Joan Lombardi Bernard van Leer Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Velma McBride Murry Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Allisyn Moran Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Maureen Norton Office of Population and Reproductive Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Jennifer Mulik PACT, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Will Parks United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, New York, USA
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Helen H. Raikes Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Joseph Smyser Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Caroline Sugg British Broadcasting Company, London, United Kingdom
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Michael Sweat Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Pages 25-66 | Published online: 10 Sep 2014

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