Women's Sense of Coherence related to their infant feeding experiences

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-174

  Thomson, Gill ^a   Dykes, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant feeding; Sense of coherence; Socio cultural influences; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952740431     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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