Postpartum feeding attitudes, maternal depression, and breastfeeding in Barbados

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-203

  Galler, Janina R ^a   Harrison, Robert H ^a   Ramsey, Frank ^b   Chawla, Sonia ^a   Taylor, John ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rus in Urbe Clinic   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breastfeeding; Feeding attitudes; Maternal mood; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARBADOS; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 33144468897     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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