Breastfeeding best start study: Training midwives in a 'hands off' positioning and attachment intervention

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-205

  Law, Susan M ^a   Dunn, Orla M ^a   Wallace, Louise M ^a   Inch, Sally A ^b  

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

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Knowledge assessment; Positioning and attachment; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MIDWIFE; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STAFF TRAINING;

BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249889934     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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