Infant feeding practices in the first 6 months and associated factors in a rural and semiurban community in Mangochi District, Malawi

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Kamudoni, Penjani ^a   Maleta, Kenneth ^b   Shi, Zumin ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Demographic Factors; Eexclusive breast feeding; Infant feeding behavior; Malawi; Maternal health services; Maternal child health services; Optimum breast feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COLOSTRUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION INHIBITION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35548978592     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334407307567     Document Type: Article

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