Infant Feeding Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective by Pranee Liamputtong (En

Description: Infant Feeding Practices by Pranee Liamputtong Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Infant Feeding Practices delves into the ways social, cultural and health-conscious factors influence breast feeding, on a global scale. Dispatches from Asia, Australia, Africa, the U.K., and the U.S. explore the issues that affect feeding practices. Publisher Description Its natural... Its unsightly... Its normal... Its dangerous. To breastfeed or not? For millions of women around the world, this personal decision is influenced by numerous social, cultural, and health factors. Infant Feeding Practices is the first book to delve into these factors from a global perspective, revealing striking similarities and differences from country to country. Dispatches from Asia, Australia, Africa, the U.K., and the U.S. explore as wide a gamut of salient issues affecting feeding practices as traditional beliefs about colostrums, "breast is best" campaigns, partner attitudes, workplace culture, direct government intervention, and the pressure to be a "good mother." Throughout these informative pages, women are seen balancing innovation and tradition to nurture healthy, thriving babies.A sampling of topics covered:•Policy versus practice in infant feeding.•Infant feeding in the age of AIDS.•Managing the lactating body: the view from the U.S.•Motherhood, work, and feeding.•The effects of migration on infant feeding.•From breastfeeding tradition to optimal breastfeeding practice.Infant Feeding Practices is a first-of-its-kind resource for researchers and practioners in maternal and child health, public health, global health, and cultural anthropology seeking empirical findings and culturally diverse information on this sensitive issue. Author Biography Pranee Liamputtong is a Personal Chair in Public Health at the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She has previously published a book with Springer: Doing Cross-Cultural Research: Ethical and Methodological Perspectives. Details ISBN 1441968725 ISBN-13 9781441968722 Title Infant Feeding Practices Author Pranee Liamputtong Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 372 Edition 2011th Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. GE_Item_ID:140325653; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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