Men and Infant Feeding: Perceptions of Embarrassment, Sexuality, and Social Conduct in White Low-Income British Men

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Henderson, Lesley ^a   McMillan, Brian ^b   Green, Josephine M ^c   Renfrew, Mary J ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Embarrassment; Focus groups; Media; Men; Risk; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; ENGLAND; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951792996     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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