A Chinese version of Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale: Reliability and validity assessment

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-478

  Ho, Yen Ju ^a   McGrath, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding attitudes; Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale; Psychometric assessment; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953162989     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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