Infant-Feeding practices of low-income vietnamese American women

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-414

  Mistry, Yashmi ^a,b   Freedman, Marjorie ^b   Sweeney, Kathleen ^c   Hollenbeck, Clarie ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Santa Clara County Nutrition and Wellness Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Peer counselor; Theory of planned behavior; Vietnamese; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PEER COUNSELING; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049110437     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334408318833     Document Type: Article

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