Are Saudi female college students prepared for successful breastfeeding?

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 387-392

  Bella, H ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; colostrum; education; knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; COLLEGE STUDENT; COLOSTRUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION--WOMEN; INFANT NUTRITION; KNOWLEDGE--WOMEN; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS--WOMEN; UNIVERSITIES; WESTERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031422125     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409711700611     Document Type: Article

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