The availability of advice regarding infant feeding to immigrants of Vietnamese origin: a survey of families and health visitors.
Since their arrival in Britain most Vietnamese mothers have abandoned traditional infant feeding practices for 'modern' methods which are unsatisfactory and expensive. Health staff are not perceived as a source of information or support. This paper emphasizes the need for culturally sensitive initiatives to reverse this trend.
Sharma
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Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Lynch
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Irvine
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D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004739:England; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology