Cost-effectiveness of peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Chola, Lumbwe ^a,b,c   Fadnes, Lars T ^c   Engebretsen, Ingunn M S ^c   Nkonki, Lungiswa ^d   Nankabirwa, Victoria ^c,e   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^c,f   Tumwine, James K ^e   Tylleskar, Thorkild ^c   Robberstad, Bjarne ^c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEER COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; UGANDA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MOTHER; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; UGANDA;

EID: 84957538923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142718     Document Type: Article

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