The effect of mother's educational status on early initiation of breastfeeding: Further analysis of three consecutive Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Acharya, Pawan ^a   Khanal, Vishnu ^a,b  

^a Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Demographic and health survey; Maternal educational status; Nepal

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPAL; RISK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945193049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2405-y     Document Type: Article

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