Factors associated with provision of mothers' own breast milk for Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants on a South African tertiary care neonatal unit
Background: The maternal struggle to provide adequate breast milk for the infants' nutritional needs disadvantage preterm infants as the outcomes of those exclusively breast milk fed are superior to those fed infant formula. Objectives: To determine the proportion of Mothers' Own breast Mi...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25390 |