Can a text message a week improve breastfeeding?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gallegos, Danielle ^a   Russell Bennett, Rebekah ^b   Previte, Josephine ^c   Parkinson, Joy ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Coping behaviour; Intervention studies; Mobile phone; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; TEXT MESSAGING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; EMOTION; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964314369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0374-2     Document Type: Article

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