Quality of infant feeding counselling for HIV+ mothers in Brazil: Challenges and achievements

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-99

  Rea, Marina Ferreira ^a   Santos, Rosangela Gomes Dos ^b   Sanchez Moreno, Cirlei Celia ^b  

^a Instituto de Saude   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Breast feeding; Counselling; Health professionals; HIV AIDS vertical transmission; Infant feeding; Skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAZIL; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33847227727     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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