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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Main Author: Sim, Tin Fei
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1906
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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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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
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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