Social circumstances that drive early introduction of formula milk: An exploratory qualitative study in a peri-urban South African community

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-111

  Ijumba, Petrida ^a,d   Doherty, Tanya ^a,b   Jackson, Debra ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c   Sanders, David ^b   Persson, Lars Åke ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community perceptions; Focus group discussion; Formula feeding; HIV; Qualitative research; Social circumstances

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PEER PRESSURE; POWERLESSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; FORMULA FEEDING; HIV; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890547793     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12012     Document Type: Article

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