Qualitative Analysis of Beliefs and Perceptions about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in African-American Mothers: Implications for Safe Sleep Recommendations

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Moon, Rachel Y ^a,b   Oden, Rosalind P ^a   Joyner, Brandi L ^a   Ajao, Taiwo I ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL BELIEF; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 77953241431     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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