The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative shows positive effects on breastfeeding indicators in Brazil

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 914-918

  Venancio, Sonia Isoyama ^a   Saldiva, Sílvia Regina Dias Médici ^a   Escuder, Maria Mercedes Loureiro ^a   Giugliani, Elsa Regina Justo ^b  

^a Instituto de Saúde   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IMMUNIZATION; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84866026676     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200332     Document Type: Article

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