Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and duration of breastfeeding: Findings from the healthy beginnings trial

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-229

  Wen, Li Ming ^a,b   Simpson, Judy M ^a   Rissel, Chris ^a   Baur, Louise A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84864674323     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0052     Document Type: Article

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