A randomised-controlled trial in England of a postnatal midwifery intervention on breast-feeding duration

Midwifery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-273

  Wallace, Louise M ^a   Dunn, Orla M ^a   Alder, Elizabeth M ^b   Inch, Sally ^c   Hills, Robert K ^d   Susan M Law, ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Breast feeding duration; Female human; Infant feeding; Patient education; Randomised controlled trial; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 33747408387     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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