Traditional oral remedies and perceived breast milk insufficiency are major barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in rural Zimbabwe

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1113-1119

  Desai, Amy ^a   Mbuya, Mduduzi N N ^b,c   Chigumira, Ancikaria ^d   Chasekwa, Bernard ^b   Humphrey, Jean H ^a,b   Moulton, Lawrence H ^a   Pelto, Gretel ^c   Gerema, Grace ^b   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research   (Zimbabwe)

^c Division of Nutritional Sciences Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CRYING; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITION; PRESSURE; PROTECTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SKULL DISEASE; THIRST; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION DISORDERS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84904643191     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.188714     Document Type: Article

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