Breastfeeding Experiences of Urban Adolescent Mothers

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-254

  Wambach, Karen A ^a,b   Cohen, Susan M ^a,b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Breastfeeding; Qualitative research; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 67650747250     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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