The number of Baby Friendly hospital practices experienced by mothers is positively associated with breastfeeding: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1138-1146

  Chien, Li Yin ^a   Tai, Chen Jei ^b,c   Chu, Kuei Hui ^d   Ko, Yi Li ^e   Chiu, Yueh Chi ^f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Nursing   (Taiwan)

^e Chang Gang Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^f Chung Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Health care quality; Maternal child health service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLICY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547600963     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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