The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: The Glasgow experience

Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-73

  McInnes, Rhona J ^a   Stone, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY CARE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035279314     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2000.0236     Document Type: Article

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