Why Chinese mothers stop breastfeeding: Mothers’ self-reported reasons for stopping during the first six months

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 353-363

  Sun, Ke ^a   Chen, Miaoxia ^a   Yin, Yuzhu ^a   Wu, Lingling ^a   Gao, Lingling ^b  

^a THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding cessation; breastfeeding self efficacy; insufficient milk supply

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETURN TO WORK; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO WORK; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85028597742     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493517719160     Document Type: Article

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