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Can breastfeeding support be taught online? An evaluation of a training package for student health visitors

Louise Condon, Joy Murray, Simon Messer

Journal of Health Visiting, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 100 - 106

Swansea University Author: Louise Condon

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DOI (Published version): 10.12968/johv.2015.3.2.100

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AbstractThis paper presents an evaluation of an online learning package which was developed to support student health visitors’ learning about health promotion in infant feeding and how best to support parents in the community. Increasingly online learning is used in combination with traditional cla...

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Published: 2015
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