Exclusive breastfeeding practices in relation to social and health determinants: A comparison of the 2006 and 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khanal, Vishnu ^a,b   Sauer, Kay ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sauraha Pharstikar Village Development Committee   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEPAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885339766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-958     Document Type: Review

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