Postpartum health promotion interventions: A systematic review

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 269-282

  Fowles, Eileen R ^a   Cheng, Hsiu Rong ^a,b   Mills, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

health promotion; nutrition; physical activity; postpartum; review

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863311148     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3182556d29     Document Type: Review

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