Promoting safe infant feeding practices - The importance of structural, social and contextual factors in Southern Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lazarus, Ray ^a,b   Struthers, Helen ^b   Violari, Avy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Counselling; Exclusive breastfeeding; Formula feeding; Guidelines; Infant feeding; Mixed feeding; Prevention; Vertical transmission of HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT FEEDING; MOTHER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIXED FEEDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV;

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; COUNSELLING; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FORMULA FEEDING; GUIDELINES; INFANT FEEDING; MIXED FEEDING; PREVENTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879145236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18037     Document Type: Note

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