Determinants of suboptimal breast-feeding practices in Pakistan

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 659-672

  Hazir, Tabish ^a   Akram, Dure Samin ^b   Nisar, Yasir Bin ^c   Kazmi, Narjis ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^d   Abbasi, Saleem ^a   Khan, Amira M ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^e  

^a Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^b Health Education and Literacy Program   (Pakistan)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Exclusive breast feeding; Infant feeding practices; Initiation of breast feeding; Pakistani women; Predominant breast feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDWIFE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874741261     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002935     Document Type: Article

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