The development and delivery of a practice-based breastfeeding education package for general practitioners in the UK

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Burt, Sue ^a   Whitmore, Mary ^b   Vearncombe, Deana ^c   Dykes, Fiona ^d  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BfN   (United Kingdom)

^c Fylde Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; General practitioner; Illuminative evaluation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MASTITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THRUSH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745941186     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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