Promoting breastfeeding in Bolivia: Do social networks add to the predictive value of traditional socioeconomic characteristics?

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-80

  Fonseca Becker, Fannie ^a   Valente, Thomas W ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Bolivia; Breastfeeding; Cross sectional studies; HIV; Inter personal communication; Knowledge, attitudes, practice; Predictive value; Social networks; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745631496     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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