Infant-feeding beliefs and experiences of black women enrolled in WIC in the New York metropolitan area

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1197-1210

  Cricco Lizza, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant feeding experiences; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; STRESS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT NUTRITION; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 16544363914     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304268819     Document Type: Article

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