Is unimpeded marketing for breast milk substitutes responsible for the decline in breastfeeding in the Philippines? An exploratory survey and focus group analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1445-1448

  Sobel, Howard L ^a   Iellamo, Alessandro ^a   Raya, René R ^b   Padilla, Alexander A ^c   Olivé, Jean Marc ^a   Nyunt U, Soe ^a  

^a The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^b Action for Economic Reform (AER)   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Breast milk substitutes; Breastfeeding; Formula feeding; International code; Marketing; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFANT MORTALITY; MILK; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; TELEVISION; URBAN POPULATION;

BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING; MILK SUBSTITUTES; MILK, HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 80955130847     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.029     Document Type: Article

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