Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC) in Victoria, Australia: A cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  McLachlan, Helen L ^a,b   Forster, Della A ^a,c   Amir, Lisa H ^a   Cullinane, Meabh ^a   Shafiei, Touran ^a   Watson, Lyndsey F ^a   Ridgway, Lael ^b   Cramer, Rhian L ^a   Small, Rhonda ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT University Bundoora West Campus   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTRATION; SELF REPORT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; MOTHER; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VICTORIA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84960448733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008292     Document Type: Article

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