Self-identity explains better breastfeeding intention of ethnic pregnant mothers of Western Nepal: Extending the theory of planned behavior

• Chiranjivi Adhikari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chiranadhikari@gmail.com

  Affiliations School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), Gandhinagar, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-2183

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• Rojana Dhakal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

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• Kapil Giri,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

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• Biddhya Bhandari,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

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• Rameshwor Baral,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

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• Krishna Prasad Pathak,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Lal Bahadur Kunwar,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medic Mobile, Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Poshan Thapa,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Yadu Ram Upreti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Department of Health and Physical Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Khem Narayan Pokharel,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Development and Research Service International, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

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• Chhabi Lal Ranabhat

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Administration, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America

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