Do population-based interventions widen or narrow socioeconomic inequalities? The case of breastfeeding promotion

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1284-1292

  Yang, Seungmi ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a,b   Dahhou, Mourad ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cognitive functioning; Health inequalities; Randomized intervention trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY HOSPITAL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTHER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905649813     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu051     Document Type: Article

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