Intention of pregnant women to exclusively breastfeed their infants: The role of beliefs in the theory of planned behaviour

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-132

  Ismail, Tengku Alina Tengku ^a   Muda, Wan Manan Wan ^b   Bakar, Mohd Isa ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; child health; focus groups; mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENTION; MALAYSIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901267554     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493512473857     Document Type: Article

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