Uncovering the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding for mothers living in Dhaka's slums: a mixed method study

• Main Authors: Halima Khatun (Author), Carly A Comins (Author), Rajesh Shah (Author), M Munirul Islam (Author), Nuzhat Choudhury (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the substantial impact on child and maternal health, breastfeeding practices for infants remain at the suboptimum level in Bangladesh. Yet the understanding of why these practices are suboptimal, especially surrounding urban slum dwelling mothers, is unclear. The purpose...