Effects of support on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 708-723

  Gill, Sara L ^a   Reifsnider, Elizabeth ^b   Lucke, Joseph F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Home support; Infant nutrition; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548525573     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945906297376     Document Type: Article

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