How did the use of the social marketing approach in Egyptian communities succeed in improving breastfeeding practices and infants' growth?

Autor: Metwally AM; Community Medicine Research Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. ammal_mok@yahoo.com.; Public Health and Community Medicine, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (ID: 60014618), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egypt. ammal_mok@yahoo.com., Basha WA; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Elshaarawy GA; Community Medicine Research Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Sallam SF; Child Health Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., El-Alameey IR; Child Health Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.; Clinical Nutrition Department,Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibahu University, El Medina, Saudi Arabia., Rifay ASE; Child Health Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Yousef W; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Goda AA; Department of Food Contaminants and Toxicology, Food Industry and Nutrition Research Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Elashry GA; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Ahmed DE; Community Medicine Research Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Hassan NE; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., El-Masry SA; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Ibrahim NA; Community Medicine Research Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Dayem SMAE; Pediatrics Departtment, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Kandeel WA; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., El-Din EMS; Child Health Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Banna RAESE; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Kamel IH; Child Health Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Abdelhamid EM; Pediatrics Departtment, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Abdelrahman M; Community Medicine Research Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt., Mahmoud WS; Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (Affiliation ID: 60014618), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.; Faculty of Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology Department, Misr University for Science and Technology MUST, Giza, Egypt.

Publikováno v: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 May 13; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1298. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 13.