Mother's perceptions and experiences of infant feeding within a community-based peer counselling intervention in South Africa

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-458

  Nor, Barni ^a   Ahlberg, Beth Maina ^a,b   Doherty, Tanya ^c,d   Zembe, Yanga ^c   Jackson, Debra ^d   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exclusive breastfeeding; Formula feeding; HIV; Peer counselling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT FEEDING; MOTHER; PEER COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84865783253     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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