Government funded breastfeeding peer support projects: implications for practice
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Peer support for breastfeeding in the UK.
Government policy is to recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, with continued breastfeeding while solid foods are introduced. Current breastfeeding data does not include rates of exclusive breastfeeding but the UK has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding worldwide, especially among families from disadvantaged groups. A marked feature is the rapid decline over the first fe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Maternal and Child Nutrition
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1740-8695,1740-8709
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2004.00006.x