Effects of psychosocial support during labour and childbirth on breastfeeding, medical interventions, and mothers’ wellbeing in a Mexican public hospital: A randomised clinical trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1056-1063

  Langer, Ana ^a   Campero, Lourdes ^b   Garcia, Cecilia ^b   Reynoso, Sofia ^c  

^a Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; INFANT NUTRITION; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES;

ANXIETY; APGAR SCORE; BREAST FEEDING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MEXICO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031683880     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09936.x     Document Type: Article

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