Assessment of the impact of implementing the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Caldeira, Antônio Prates ^a,c   Gonçalves, Eduardo ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^b UNIMONTES   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastmilk; Health promotion; Healthcare project and program evaluation; Human milk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34147189133     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1596     Document Type: Article

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