Assessing the validity of measures of an instrument designed to measure employees' perceptions of workplace breastfeeding support

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Greene, Sally W ^a   Wolfe, Edward W ^b   Olson, Beth H ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51349098173     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2007.0029     Document Type: Article

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