Sub-optimal breastfeeding of infants during the first six months and associated factors in rural communities of Jimma Arjo Woreda, Southwest Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tamiru, Dessalegn ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^b   Loha, Eskindir ^c   Mohammed, Shikur ^a  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861155188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-363     Document Type: Article

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