Factors affecting actualisation of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations in urban poor settings in Kenya

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 314-332

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a   Wekesah, Frederick ^a   Wanjohi, Milka ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a   Musoke, Rachel N ^b   Norris, Shane A ^c   Madise, Nyovani J ^d   Griffiths, Paula ^c,e  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; Breastfeeding knowledge; Child nutrition; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant feeding behaviour; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931955044     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12161     Document Type: Article

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