'It's those first few weeks': Women's views about breastfeeding support in an Australian outer metropolitan region

Women and Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 259-265

  Hall, Helen ^a   McLelland, Gayle ^a   Gilmour, Carole ^a   Cant, Robyn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Lactation; Maternity care; Midwife; Psychosocial support systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REINFORCEMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDWIFERY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84919383534     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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