Breastfeeding support - the importance of self-efficacy for low-income women

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-242

  Entwistle, Francesca ^a,b   Kendall, Sally ^a   Mead, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Public Health Group DH London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Low income; Midwives' training; Self efficacy; WHO UNICEF breastfeeding initiative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954169467     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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