title: The availability of advice regarding infant feeding to immigrants of Vietnamese origin: a survey of families and health visitors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Irvine
mesh_terms: 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