Exploring the potential of the internet to motivate breastfeeding

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Stockdale, Janine ^a   Sinclair, Marlene ^a   Kernoban, W George ^a   Keller, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARCS; Breastfeeding; Confidence; Internet; Midwives; Motivational instructional design models; Relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651121944     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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