Perception and practice of breastfeeding in public in an urban community in Accra, Ghana

Perception and practice of breastfeeding in public in an urban community in Accra, Ghana

Abstract Background Reported stigmatization and confrontation (verbal and aggressive), of women when breastfeeding in public spaces constitutes a barrier to the recommendation to breastfeed infants on demand. While such stigma of breastfeeding in public has been reported more commonly in Western cou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Justine Boatemaa Coomson, Richmond Aryeetey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
Subjects:
Breastfeeding in public
Urban
Perception
Experience
Stigma
Women
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-018-0161-1

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