Beliefs about Supporting Mothers to Exclusively Breastfeed for 6 Months: An Elicitation Study of Health Professionals Working in Maternal-Child Health Clinics in Nairobi, Kenya
Conclusions:
Overall, health professionals perceived positive consequences toward supporting exclusive breastfeeding continuation and identified a number of approving referents. However, they reported challenging circumstances in the work environment, which managers need to address to help health professionals provide the support needed by Kenyan mothers to continue exclusive breastfeeding.
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - Category: Nursing Authors: Nyawade, S. A., Middlestadt, S. E., Peng, C.-Y. J. Tags: Student Research Source Type: research
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