Exploring the process of women's infant feeding decisions in the early postbirth period

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 989-998

  Sheehan, Athena ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^b   Barclay, Lesley ^c  

^a AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; decision making; grounded theory; interviews; mothers, mothering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHERS, MOTHERING; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

BREASTFEEDING; DECISION MAKING; GROUNDED THEORY; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS, MOTHERING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878102884     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313490075     Document Type: Article

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