Ten steps for successful breast-feeding: Assessment of hospital performance, its determinants and planning for improvement

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-200

  Gokcay G ^a,b   Uzel, N ^a   Kayaturk F ^a   Neyzi, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Capa Cocuk Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Maternity hospital practices; Ten Steps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED NATIONS;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0031089552     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1997.tb00892.x     Document Type: Article

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