Supporting breastfeeding In Local Communities (SILC): Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Community based; Drop in centre; Early professional breastfeeding support; Home visits; Infant feeding; Local government; Maternal and child health; Postnatal; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSE; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NURSE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84964313233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-346     Document Type: Article

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