In practice, the theory is different: A processual analysis of breastfeeding in northeast Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 676-688

  Scavenius, Michael ^a   van Hulsel, Lonneke ^a   Meijer, Julia ^a   Wendte, Hans ^a   Gurgel, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Breastfeeding; Process analysis; Self fulfilling prophecy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BREASTFEEDING; INFANT FEEDING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS;

ARACAJU; BRAZIL; SERGIPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845689681     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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