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Commentary on - Mothers dealt with incompatible expectations during breast feeding and weaning (2003)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (2003). Commentary on - Mothers dealt with incompatible expectations during breast feeding and weaning. Evidence-Based Nursing, 6(3), 92-92. doi:10.1136/ebn.6.3.92

Mothers dealt with incompatible expectations during breast feeding and weaning

Unintentional Injury during Foreign Travel: A Review (2002)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Williamson, L. M., & Morrison, A. (2002). Unintentional Injury during Foreign Travel: A Review. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9(6), 297-307. doi:10.2310/7060.2002.30168

Unintentional injury is a global public health problem. In 1990, an estimated 5 million people worldwide died as a result of an injury or poisoning. This accounted for 10% of deaths from all causes that year, and over half of the estimated 900 millio... Read More about Unintentional Injury during Foreign Travel: A Review.

Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women (2001)
Journal Article
Mclnnes, R. J., Love, J. G., & Stone, D. H. (2001). Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women. BMC Public Health, 1(10), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-1-10

Background: Breastfeeding rates in Scotland are very low, particularly in the more disadvantaged areas. Despite a number of interventions to promote breastfeeding very few women actually intend to breastfeed their baby. The aim of this study was to i... Read More about Independent predictors of breastfeeding intention in a disadvantaged population of pregnant women.

The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience (2001)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J. & Stone, D. H. (2001). The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience. Midwifery. 17. (1). 65-73. doi:10.1054/midw.2000.0236. ISSN 0266-6138.

Aim: to document the process of implementing and maintaining a community-based peer- support programme. Design and setting: a community-based study located in a socio-economically disadvantaged housing estate on the outskirts of Glasgow. Partic... Read More about The process of implementing a community-based peer breast-feeding support programme: the Glasgow experience.

Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence (2000)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Love, J. G. & Stone, D. H. (2000). Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence. Journal of public health medicine. 22. (2). 138-145. . ISSN 0957-4832.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to determine whether peer counselling in the antenatal and post-natal period would increase the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding among low-income women in Glasgow. METHODS: The study was designe... Read More about Evaluation of a community-based intervention to increase breastfeeding prevalence.

Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding (1999)
Journal Article
Mclnnes, R. J. & Stone, D. H. (1999). Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding. Lancet. 354. (9173). 161. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)75293-4. ISSN 0140-6736.

All mothers should be offered help and support to breast feed (1998)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J. (1998). All mothers should be offered help and support to breast feed. BMJ British medical journal. 316. (7137). 1093. . ISSN 1468-5833.

Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (1995). Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area. Changing childbirth update. . . 7-7. . ISSN 0738-2359.

The author writes about the Easterhouse Breastfeeding Promotion Project. Mothers who had breastfed were recruited and trained to present breastfeeding as the most natural choice to pregnant mothers in this socially deprived area.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. & Stone, D. (1995). The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area. Prenatal and neonatal medicine. 1. (supplement 1). 130-130. . ISSN 1359-8635.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area.

Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Tappin, D. M. (1996). Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased. BMJ, 313(7070), 1484-1485. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c

EDITOR,—In the deprived housing estates on the periphery of Glasgow roughly 7% of babies are breast fed at the end of the first week of life. Much research has related infant feeding to maternal background and socioeconomic status,1 2 and, despite pr... Read More about Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased.