Scaling up of breastfeeding promotion programs in low-and middle-income countries: The "breastfeeding gear" model

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 790-800

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a   Curry, Leslie ^a   Minhas, Dilpreet ^a   Taylor, Lauren ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84878082500     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.002873     Document Type: Review

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