Using Cultural Knowledge in Health Promotion: Breastfeeding among the Navajo

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 625-639

  Wright, Anne L ^a,e   Naylor, Audrey ^b   Wester, Ruth ^b   Bauer, Mark ^c   Sutcliffe, Emily ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wellstart International   (United States)

^c Dine College   (United States)

^d INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031255430     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400509     Document Type: Article

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