Effect of early skin-to-skin mother-infant contact during the first 3 hours following birth on exclusive breastfeeding during the maternity hospital stay

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Bramson, Leslie ^a   Lee, Jerry W ^a   Moore, Elizabeth ^b   Montgomery, Susanne ^a   Neish, Christine ^a,c   Bahjri, Khaled ^a   Melcher, Carolyn Lopez ^d  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University School of Nursing at Indianapolis   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

early skin to skin contact; exclusive breastfeeding; intrapartum variables; sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954755655     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334409355779     Document Type: Article

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