Decisions of black parents about infant bedding and sleep surfaces: A qualitative study

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 494-502

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

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

Author keywords

Bedding; Decision making; Parental decision; Racial disparity; SIDS; Sleep environment; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NEGRO; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 80052376077     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0072     Document Type: Article

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