Predictors of appropriate breastfeeding knowledge among pregnant women in Moshi Urban, Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hashim, Tamara H ^a,b   Mgongo, Melina ^a,b   Katanga, Johnson ^c,d   Uriyo, Jacqueline G ^a,e   Damian, Damian J ^d,f   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^e   Wandel, Margareta ^e   Msuya, Sia E ^a,d,f  

^a Better Health for African Mother and Child   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Ocean Road Cancer Institute   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f KCMC Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding knowledge; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Optimal breastfeeding practices; Predictors; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COLOSTRUM; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 85012876688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13006-017-0102-4     Document Type: Article

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