Development of an instrument designed to measure employees' perceptions of workplace breastfeeding support

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Greene, Sally W ^a   Olson, Beth H ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT STYLE; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; 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: 51349131347     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0103     Document Type: Article

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