Antenatal peer support workers and initiation of breast feeding: Cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7691, 2009, Pages 392-395

  MacArthur, Christine ^a   Jolly, Kate ^a   Ingram, Lucy ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^a   Dennis, Cindy Lee ^b   Hamburger, Ros ^c   Brown, Julia ^c   Chambers, Jackie ^c   Khan, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849182965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b131     Document Type: Article

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