Difficult choices: Infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania

Sahara J

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 544-555

  Leshabari, Sebalda Charles ^a   Blystad, Astrid ^b   Moland, Karen Marie ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant feeding choices; Pmtct; Social and medical risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 34447636407     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2007.9724816     Document Type: Article

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