An evaluation of the breastfeeding support skills of midwives and voluntary breastfeeding supporters using the Breastfeeding Support Skills Tool (BeSST)

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Moran, Victoria Hall ^a   Dykes, Fiona ^a   Edwards, Janet ^b   Burt, Sue ^b   Whitmore, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c The Breastfeeding Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Lay; Midwife; Support; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NEONATAL NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 28244488579     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2005.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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