Characteristics of teenage mothers and predictors of breastfeeding initiation in the Michigan Wic Program in 1995

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-56

  Park, YikYung ^a   Meier, Emily Rose ^b   Song, Won O ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding initiation; Low income; Teenage mothers; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MICHIGAN; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037799180     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334402239734     Document Type: Article

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