Maternity care practices: Implications for breastfeeding

Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-100

  DiGirolamo, Ann M ^a   Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^a,c   Fein, Sara ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035374562     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2001.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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