Influence of knowledge and attitudes on exclusive breastfeeding practice among rural Jamaican mothers

Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 265-271

  Chatman, Leia M ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Roofe, Michele E A ^b   Wheatle, Patrick ^b   Henry, Donnadeen ^b   Jolly, Pauline E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b St Vincent and the Grenadines   (Jamaica)

^c Department of Epidemiology and International Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; JAMAICA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 16644381736     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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