Factors associated with intention to breastfeed among low-income, inner-city pregnant women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-261

  Lee, Helen J ^a   Rubio, Margarita R ^b   Elo, Irma T ^c   McCollum, Kelly F ^b   Chung, Esther K ^d   Culhane, Jennifer F ^b  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding intention; Disparities; Low income women; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644765132     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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