Breastfeeding knowledge and practices amongst mothers in a rural population of North India: A community-based study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Kishore, M Sai Sunil ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Aggarwal, Arun K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Influencing factors; Knowledge; Practices; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COMMUNITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67049165544     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn110     Document Type: Article

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