African American women's infant feeding choices: Prenatal breast-feeding self-efficacy and narratives from a black feminist perspective

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-328

  Robinson, Karen M ^a   Vandevusse, Leona ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855167416     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31821072fb     Document Type: Review

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