Getting it right: Australian primiparas' views about breastfeeding: A quasi-experimental study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 786-795

  Hall, Wendy A ^a   Hauck, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Breastfeeding perceptions; Expectations; Primigravidas

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WRITING;

EID: 34250014126     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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