American Indian breastfeeding attitudes and practices in Minnesota

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Rhodes, Kristine L ^a   Hellerstedt, Wendy L ^a   Davey, Cynthia S ^a   Pirie, Phyllis L ^a,b   Daly, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Breast feeding; Infant health; Perinatal health; Social support; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749083564     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0310-z     Document Type: Article

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