Successful breast-feeding as a result of a health education programme for mothers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1158-1167

  Hoyer, Silvestra ^b   Horvat, Ludvik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Visoka ola za Dizajn   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Duration of breast feeding; Health education; Nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TEACHING; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLOVENIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING MATERIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034323463     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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