Nurture Early for Optimal Nutrition (NEON) programme: qualitative study of drivers of infant feeding and care practices in a British-Bangladeshi population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore optimal infant feeding and care practices and their drivers within the British-Bangladeshi population of East London, UK, as an exemplar to inform development of a tailored, coadapted participatory community intervention.

Design

Qualitative community-based participatory research.

Setting

Community and children's centres and National Health Service settings within Tower Hamlets, London, UK.

Participants

141 participants completed the community study including: British-Bangladeshi mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers of infants and young children aged 6-23 months, key informants and lay community members from the British-Bangladeshi population of Tower Hamlets, and health professionals working in Tower Hamlets.

Results

141

SUBMITTER: Lakhanpaul M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature