An education and counseling program for preventing breast-feeding- associated HIV transmission in Zimbabwe: Design and impact on maternal knowledge and behavior

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 950-955

  Piwoz, Ellen G ^b   Iliff, Peter J ^c   Tavengwa, Naume ^a   Gavin, Lorrie ^a   Marinda, Edmore ^a   Lunney, Kevin ^a   Zunguza, Clare ^d   Nathoo, Kusum J ^c   Humphrey, Jean H ^e  

^a ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Exclusive breast feeding; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; VIDEORECORDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 16244398688     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.4.950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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