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The availability of advice regarding infant feeding to immigrants of Vietnamese origin: a survey of families and health visitors
Author(s) -
SHARMA A.,
LYNCH M. A.,
IRVINE M. L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1994.tb00396.x
Subject(s) - vietnamese , immigration , advice (programming) , environmental health , psychology , medicine , business , nursing , geography , computer science , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , programming language
Summary Since their arrival in Britain most Vietnamese mothers have abandoned traditional infant feeding practices for ‘modem’ 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.