Elsevier

Public Health

Volume 91, Issue 3, May 1977, Pages 117-126
Public Health

Influences on a mother's choice of method of infant feeding

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An attempt was made in 1975 to improve the incidence of breast feeding in the Exeter district by means of seminars for midwives and health visitors. The effectiveness of the seminars was assessed by means of two surveys which also enquired into other influences on a mother's choice of method of infant feeding.

The breast feeding rate increased in the consultant unit during the period studied but a similar increase did not take place in the general practitioner units. The influence of individual professional advisers was not as powerful as the mothers' social customs and the media.

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