Working Mothers' Infant Feeding Experiences During Their Children's Transition to Child Care: A Qualitative Study.
Infant feeding is closely related to children's life-long health and well-being. It is common for parents to withstand infant feeding challenges and with a plethora of guidelines and advice caregivers can face a great deal of stress. Extra-familial child care and employment circumstances also impact...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 2214 - 2229 |
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Aug2023
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