Breastfeeding promotion and priority setting in health

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-168

  Horton, Susan ^a   Sanghvi, Tina ^b   Phillips, Margaret ^c   Fiedler, John ^d   Perez Escamilla, Rafael ^e   Lutter, Chessa ^f   Rivera, Ada ^g   Segall Correa, Ana Maria ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Intl Sci and Technology Institute   (United States)

^c University of Connecticut ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Nutritional Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f Wellstart International   (United States)

^g University of Campinas   (Honduras)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD WELFARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MEXICO;

AMERICAS; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL AMERICA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HONDURAS; HOSPITALS; INFANT NUTRITION; LATIN AMERICA; MARKETING; MEXICO; MILK SUBSTITUTES; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PROMOTION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES;

ADULT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0029992391     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/11.2.156     Document Type: Article

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