Colostrum avoidance, prelacteal feeding and late breast-feeding initiation in rural Northern Ethiopia

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2029-2036

  Rogers, Nikki L ^a   Abdi, Jemilla ^b   Moore, Dennis ^a   Nd'Iangui, Sarah ^a   Smith, Linda J ^c   Carlson, Andrew J ^d,e   Carlson, Dennis ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd   (United States)

^d Kossoye Development Project   (United States)

^e CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant feeding; Infant nutrition; Mother baby dyad; Skin to skin contact; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COLOSTRUM; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOSTRUM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863413042     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000073     Document Type: Article

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