Ethiopian Adolescents' Attitudes and Expectations Deviate from Current Infant and Young Child Feeding Recommendations

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Hadley, Craig ^a,b   Lindstrom, David ^b   Belachew, Tefera ^c   Tessema, Fasil ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Care; Cultural determinants of nutrition; East Africa; Parenting; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTHOOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49349094353     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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