The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists
This study explored breastfeeding women and community pharmacists’ perspectives on herbal medicine use in breastfeeding. Stage 1 investigated prevalence and pattern of use of herbal medicines amongst breastfeeding women using a population-based survey. Stage 2 explored breastfeeding women’s experien...
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Curtin University
2014
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| author | Sim, Tin Fei |
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| description | This study explored breastfeeding women and community pharmacists’ perspectives on herbal medicine use in breastfeeding. Stage 1 investigated prevalence and pattern of use of herbal medicines amongst breastfeeding women using a population-based survey. Stage 2 explored breastfeeding women’s experience of the use of herbal galactagogues and their perspectives on pharmacists’ roles. Stage 3 explored community pharmacists’ perspectives of their role in promoting safe and effective use of these medicines and supporting breastfeeding in the community. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-19062018-05-01T06:33:19Z The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists Sim, Tin Fei This study explored breastfeeding women and community pharmacists’ perspectives on herbal medicine use in breastfeeding. Stage 1 investigated prevalence and pattern of use of herbal medicines amongst breastfeeding women using a population-based survey. Stage 2 explored breastfeeding women’s experience of the use of herbal galactagogues and their perspectives on pharmacists’ roles. Stage 3 explored community pharmacists’ perspectives of their role in promoting safe and effective use of these medicines and supporting breastfeeding in the community. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1906 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Sim, Tin Fei The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title | The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title_full | The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title_fullStr | The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title_short | The use of herbal medicines in lactation: Perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| title_sort | use of herbal medicines in lactation: perspectives of breastfeeding women and pharmacists |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1906 |