Determinants of infant and young child feeding practices in Bangladesh: Secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2004

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-313

  Mihrshahi, Seema ^a   Kabir, Iqbal ^b   Roy, S K ^b   Agho, Kingsley E ^c   Senarath, Upul ^d   Dibley, Michael J ^e   Patel, Archana ^f   Badhoniya, Neetu ^f   Khadse, Sandhya ^g   Pandey, Sharada ^h   Tiwari, Kalpana ⁱ   Godakandage, S S P ^j   Jayawickrama, Hiranya ^j   Hazir, Tabish ^k   Akram, D S ^l  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

ⁱ Nepal Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^j Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

^k Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^l HELP   (Pakistan)

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Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bottle feeding; Breastfeeding; Determinants; Infant feeding; Young child

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

ADULT; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BABY FOOD; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 77954947284     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100220     Document Type: Article

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