Using community volunteers to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Qureshi, Asma Misbah ^a   Oche, Oche Mansur ^b   Sadiq, Umar Abubakar ^b   Kabiru, Sabitu ^c  

^a United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

^b USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community interventions; Exclusive breast feeding; Health promotion; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PARENT COUNSELING; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84862258790     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v10i0.72215     Document Type: Article

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