dc.contributor.author | Nyagura, S. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-09T10:22:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-09T10:22:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nyagura, S. (1999) Rural-urban differences in breast-feeding and feeding practices of children by black Zimbabwean parents, Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, vol. 11, no.1, pp.13-26. Harare: HRRC. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1013-3445 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/9928 | |
dc.description | A study on the rural-urban differences in breast-feeding practices by black Zimbabwean parents. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices of black Zimbabwean parents towards breast-feeding and child-feeding. Child rearing practices of parents {fathers and mothers) with children in preschools and in lower grades of primary school were studied. The evidence in this study showed that more rural than urban parents breast-fed their children for longer periods when the children were still young. The breast-feeding period ranged from six months to two years. Evidence also showed that uneducated rural parents were more likely to stop breast-feeding for medical reasons while the urban educated parents were more likely to stop breast-feeding for work reasons. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC), University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Children and Youth | en |
dc.subject | Nutrition | en |
dc.title | Rural-urban differences in breast-feeding and feeding practices of children by black Zimbabwean parents | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |