Antenatal breastfeeding education for increasing breastfeeding duration

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Lumbiganon, Pisake ^a   Martis, Ruth ^b   Laopaiboon, Malinee ^c   Festin, Mario R ^d   Ho, Jacqueline J ^e   Hakimi, Mohammad ^f  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^f GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST INJURY; BREASTFEEDING DURATION; CANADA; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIPPLE TRAUMA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85002947254     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006425.pub4     Document Type: Review

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