Costs Related to Promoting Breastfeeding Among Urban Low-Income Women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Frick, Kevin D ^a   Pugh, Linda C ^b   Milligan, Renee A ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg   (United States)

^b College of Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cost effectiveness; Low income women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF HELP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NUTRITION POLICY; POVERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864374563     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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