Healthcare professionals' and mothers' perceptions of factors that influence decisions to breastfeed or formula feed infants: A comparative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1993-2003

  Brown, Amy ^a   Raynor, Peter ^a   Lee, Michelle ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Formula use; Healthcare professionals; Midwives; Peer support; Social support; Support; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY IMAGE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051563400     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05647.x     Document Type: Article

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