Breastfeeding in Rural Niger Lessons from Child Healthcare Promotion /

• Main Author: Horii, Naoko (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development ; 12
• Subjects: Demography.; Maternal and child health services.; Population.; Maternal and Child Health.; Population Economics.

This book investigates the most effective behavior change communication (BCC) strategies to reach socio-economically vulnerable mothers to promote early initiation of breastfeeding after birth in rural Niger. It thereby goes beyond conventional research frameworks by looking into multifaceted indica...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Why Promote Early Initiation of Breastfeeding?
• 2. Research Methods and Data Sources
• 3. State of the Art of Socio-Demographic Approaches to Breastfeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 4. What Determined how Soon Mothers put their Child to the Breast after Birth in Niger
• 5. What change in Early Breastfeeding from Family and Community Perspectives in Pilot Study Areas of Niger
• Conclusions and Recommendations.