Why do interventions work in some places and not others: A breastfeeding support group trial

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-778

  Hoddinott, Pat ^a   Britten, Jane ^a   Pill, Roisin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Complex interventions; Implementation research; Primary care; Public health policy; Randomised controlled trial; Realist evaluation; Scotland; UK

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LEADERSHIP; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSERVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCOTLAND; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76049090765     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.067     Document Type: Article

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