Grandmother breastfeeding support: What do mothers need and want?

Birth

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Grassley, Jane ^a   Eschiti, Valerie ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Breastfeeding; Grandmother; Mother

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GRANDPARENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; TEXAS;

EID: 56549120808     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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