TY - JOUR AU - Matsuyama, Akiko AU - Karama, Mohamed AU - Tanaka, Junichi AU - Kaneko, Satoshi PY - 2013 DA - 2013/05/30 TI - Perceptions of caregivers about health and nutritional problems and feeding practices of infants: a qualitative study on exclusive breast-feeding in Kwale, Kenya JO - BMC Public Health SP - 525 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Despite the significant positive effect of exclusive breast-feeding on child health, only 32% of children under 6 months old were exclusively breast-fed in Kenya in 2008. The aim of this study was to explore perceptions and feeding practices of caregivers of children under 6 months old with special attention to the caregivers’ indigenous knowledge, perceptions about the health and nutritional problems of their infants, and care-seeking behaviors that affect feeding practices. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-525 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-525 ID - Matsuyama2013 ER -