Breastfeeding peer counselors as direct lactation care providers in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-322

  Meier, Paula P ^a   Engstrom, Janet L ^a   Rossman, Beverly ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast pumping; breastfeeding; breastfeeding peer counselors; human milk; lactation care; mother to mother support; neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMPING; BREASTFEEDING; BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELORS; COUNSELING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LACTATION CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER-TO-MOTHER SUPPORT; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES;

BREAST PUMPING; BREASTFEEDING; BREASTFEEDING PEER COUNSELORS; HUMAN MILK; LACTATION CARE; MOTHER-TO-MOTHER SUPPORT; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

BREAST FEEDING; CHICAGO; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LACTATION; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84880349697     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413482184     Document Type: Article

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