Mother's infant feeding experiences: Constraints and supports for optimal feeding in an HIV-impacted urban community in South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1983-1990

  Sibeko, Lindiwe ^a   Coutsoudis, Anna ^b   Nzuza, S'Phindile ^b   Gray Donald, Katherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exclusive breast feeding; HIV; Infant feeding practices; Qualitative data; South Africa; Stigma and disclosure

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MOTHER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COERCION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75149128719     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005199     Document Type: Article

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