Healthcare providers' views on the acceptability of financial incentives for breastfeeding: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Whelan, Barbara ^a   Thomas, Kate J ^a   Cleemput, Patrice V ^a   Whitford, Heather ^b   Strong, Mark ^a   Renfrew, Mary J ^b   Scott, Elaine ^a   Relton, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Breastfeeding; Financial incentives; Qualitative; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTIVATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SOCIAL NORM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL NORMS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84910047942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-355     Document Type: Article

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