Women's experiences of infant feeding support in the first 6 weeks post-birth

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-150

  Sheehan, Athena ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^b   Barclay, Lesley ^c  

^a AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding support; Consumer perspectives; Health professional; Infant feeding; Practice; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 62749094370     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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