'Breastfeeding is best for baby'is the view supported by many health organisations including
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the World Health …

School-based interventions aimed at modifying the knowledge, attitudes, social norms, and
intended future practice regarding breastfeeding may be an effective way of improving …

Objective: To investigate whether the relationship between socioeconomic status and
breastfeeding initiation and duration changed in Australia between 1995 and 2004. Design …

The purpose of this study was to measure and compare women's attitudes toward
menstruation and breastfeeding and to determine whether self-objectification was …

Despite the documented health and emotional benefits of breast-feeding to women and
children, breast-feeding rates are low among subgroups of women. In this study, we …

Although breastfeeding is encouraged by the medical community, many women do not
breastfeed because of perceived social sanctions. This experiment examines the level of …

Background Decisions about infant feeding are embedded and are continuously made
within a woman's social and cultural context. Despite the benefits of breastfeeding to both …

ObjectivesMany health promotion educational interventions assume that increasing
knowledge directly influences beliefs, intentions and behaviour, whereas research suggests …

There is ample evidence of the short‐and long‐term health benefits of breastfeeding for
mothers and infants, yet breastfeeding rates remain low in the UK, particularly in areas of …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess whether providing a breastfeeding
support team results in higher breastfeeding rates at 6, 12, and 24 weeks postpartum among …