High initiation and long duration of breastfeeding despite absence of early skin-to-skin contact in Karen refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border: A mixed methods study

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  White, Adrienne L ^a   Carrara, Verena I ^a   Paw, Moo Kho ^a   Malika, ^a   Dahbu, ColleyPaw ^a   Gross, Mechthild M ^b   Stuetz, Wolfgang ^c   Nosten, Francois H ^a,d,e   McGready, Rose ^a,d,e  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; Breastfeeding initiation; Early skin to skin care; Midwifery; Refugee; Resource poor; Swaddling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870885937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-7-19     Document Type: Article

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