Training needs survey of midwives, health visitors and voluntary-sector breastfeeding support staff in England

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-39

  Wallace, Louise M ^a   Kosmala Anderson, Joanna ^a  

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

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Infant nutrition; Training; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846268076     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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