Maternal Knowledge, Attitudes and Self-efficacy in Relation to Intention to Exclusively Breastfeed Among Pregnant Women in Rural Bangladesh

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-57

  Thomas, Joan S ^a,b   Yu, Elaine A ^a   Tirmizi, Noor ^b   Owais, Aatekah ^a   Das, Sumon K ^d   Rahman, Shahed ^c   Faruque, A S G ^d   Schwartz, Benjamin ^b   Stein, Aryeh D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARE USA   (United States)

^c CARE Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Attitude; Exclusive breastfeeding; Intention; Knowledge; Privacy; Self efficacy; Time management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANT WOMEN; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939877354     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1494-z     Document Type: Article

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