Maternal years of schooling but not academic skills is independently associated with infant-feeding practices in a cohort of rural Guatemalan women

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Webb, Aimee L ^a   Sellen, Daniel W ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Human Ecology and Public Health Nutrition   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic skills; Complementary foods; Exclusive breastfeeding; Full breastfeeding; Guatemala; Maternal schooling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; RURAL POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 68649111876     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334408330449     Document Type: Article

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