Psychosocial barriers and enablers of exclusive breastfeeding: lived experiences of mothers in low-income townships, North West Province, South Africa

• Main Authors: Chantell Witten (Author), Nicole Claasen (Author), Herculina S. Kruger (Author), Anna Coutsoudis (Author), Herman Grobler (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Despite national efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), South Africa's EBF rate is only 32 %. The aim of this study was to examine the rate of EBF discontinuation and the lived experiences of breastfeeding mothers at postnatal time points 3-14 days, 4-8 weeks, 10-...