Breast-feeding knowledge and practices among mothers in Manisa, Turkey

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Yanikkerem, Emre ^a   Tuncer, Rahime ^b   Yilmaz, Kezban ^a   Aslan, Meryem ^a   Karadeniz, Gülten ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Manisa Maternal and Child Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Baby; Baby nutrition; Breast feeding; Breast feeding education; Newborn baby

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449127834     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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