UK-born ethnic minority women and their experiences of feeding their newborn infant

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 595-602

  Twamley, Katherine ^a   Puthussery, Shuby ^a   Harding, Seeromanie ^b   Baron, Maurina ^a   Macfarlane, Alison ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Qualitative research; UK born ethnic minority women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MIDWIFERY; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PAKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052682210     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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