How formula feeding mothers balance risks and define themselves as 'good mothers'

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-306

  Ludlow, Valerie ^a,b   Newhook, Leigh Anne ^a,b   Newhook, Julia Temple ^b   Bonia, Kimberly ^c   Goodridge, Janet Murphy ^d   Twells, Laurie ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^d Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Perinatal Program (NLPPP)   (Canada)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; families; focus groups; infants; mothers; public health; qualitative research; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84859583499     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2012.662635     Document Type: Article

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