JURNAL PROMOSI KESEHATAN INDONESIA
Volume 6, No. 1, Januari 2011

Influence of Social Support on Breastfeeding Practice

Handayani, Lina (Unknown)
Kosnin, Azlina Md (Unknown)
Jiar, Yeo Kee (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Mar 2012

Abstract

Social and environmental factors are common influencing factors in the decision of breastfeeding. This paper reports a systematic literature review about the influence of social support on breastfeeding practice around the world. An online literature search was conducted in Science Direct, Cochrane Database of systematic reviews, PubMed, WileyInterScience, and SpringerLink. There are three resources of social support: family, peer, and professional. All of the studies show the similar results; social support influences breastfeeding practice.

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Journal Info

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jpki

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

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The articles of this journal are published every six months, that is on January and August (2 issues per year), and developed by the Master Program of Health Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro ...