The infant-feeding practices of mothers enrolled in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme at a primary health care clinic in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa

South African Family Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-339

  Ukpe, Idongesit S ^a   Blitz, Julia ^a   Hugo, Jannie ^a   Theledi, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b White River Clinic   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infant feeding practices; Mpumalanga province; PMTCT of HIV; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUERPERIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70349112701     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873875     Document Type: Article

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