Impact of hospital policies on breastfeeding outcomes

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-116

  Rosenberg, Kenneth D ^a,b   Stull, John D ^a,b   Adler, Michelle R ^a,c   Kasehagen, Laurin J ^a   Crivelli Kovach, Andrea ^d  

^a OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE; BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45749159045     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2007.0039     Document Type: Article

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