Determinants of delayed initiation of breastfeeding in rural Ethiopia: Programmatic implications

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Horii, Naoko ^a   Guyon, Agnès B ^b   Quinn, Victoria J ^c,d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Prog in Cell and Molec Nutrition   (United States)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change Communication; Breastfeeding; Determinants; Initiation

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS SECTION; DATA SET; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SURVEY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79960168103     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200203     Document Type: Article

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