First Time Expectant Fathers’ Perspectives on Breastfeeding
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First Time Expectant Fathers’ Perspectives on Breastfeeding
The decline in the breastfeeding practices in India, has led to serious implications for infant health [1,2]. National Family Health Survey of India (NFHS 4) report that, only 52.1% of the infants under six months are exclusively breastfed and among them only 42.8% are breastfed on day one [3]. Studies have shown that although moderately high initiation rates of breastfeeding exist in India, th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Women's Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2475-5494
DOI: 10.15406/mojwh.2017.06.00152