Feeding and care of low-birthweight babies in two rural communities in south-western Nigeria

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-64

  Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A ^a   Odebiyi, Adetanwa I ^a   Aina, Olabisi ^a   Bamiwuye, Sina ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

C are; Feeding; Low birthweight babies; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOTHING; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UMBILICAL CORD; WARMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37449012692     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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