Breast-feeding trends and the breast-feeding promotion programme in the Philippines

In the context of East and South-east Asia, the Philippines is an underachieving country; living standards have not improved much in recent years. (Table 1 provides some relevant data about the Philippines.) In this setting, breast-feeding is especially important for child health and child nutrition...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Asia-Pacific Population Journal 1990-03, Vol.5 (7), p.113-124
1. Verfasser:	Williamson, Nancy E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advertising as Topic Asia Asia, Southeastern Birth Rate Breast Feeding Communication Delivery of Health Care Demography Developing Countries Economics Education Educational Status Fertility Geography Health Health Education Health Facilities Health Services Hospitals Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Marketing of Health Services Mass Media Maternal Health Services Maternal-Child Health Centers Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Philippines Population Population and Demography Population Dynamics Prevalence Primary Health Care Program Development Research Design Residence Characteristics Social Class Socioeconomic Factors Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	In the context of East and South-east Asia, the Philippines is an underachieving country; living standards have not improved much in recent years. (Table 1 provides some relevant data about the Philippines.) In this setting, breast-feeding is especially important for child health and child nutrition as well as child spacing. The Philippines is one of several developing countries having comparable national data on breast-feeding trends for the past several decades.
ISSN:	0259-238X 1564-4278 1564-4278
DOI:	10.18356/4b90fa94-en