Racial/Ethnic variation in breastfeeding across the US: A multilevel analysis from the national survey of children's health, 2007

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 14-26

  Belanoff, Candice M ^a   McManus, Beth M ^b   Carle, Adam C ^c,d,e   McCormick, Marie C ^e   Subramanian, S V ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Multilevel modeling; Racial ethnic disparities; State level variation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860889720     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-0991-1     Document Type: Review

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