Early initiation of breastfeeding: A systematic literature review of factors and barriers in South Asia

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sharma, Indu K ^a   Byrne, Abbey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding within 1 h of birth; Colostrum; Early initiation of breastfeeding; Factors; Review; South Asia; Timely initiation of breastfeeding

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CINAHL; CLERGY; COLOSTRUM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; MILK; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; SCOPUS; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975124874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13006-016-0076-7     Document Type: Review

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