Infant feeding knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs predict antenatal intention among first-time mothers in Queensland

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 266-272

  Newby, Ruth ^a   Brodribb, Wendy ^a   Ware, Robert S ^a   Davies, Peter S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT FEEDING ATTITUDES SCORE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BOTTLE FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEANING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 84902292784     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2014.0012     Document Type: Article

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