The Significance of Breastfeeding to Incarcerated Pregnant Women: An Exploratory Study

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-155

  Huang, Katy ^a   Atlas, Rebecca ^b   Parvez, Farah ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Language Laboratory   (United States)

^c Office of Correctional Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Correctional; Incarceration; Jail; Motherhood; Prenatal; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW YORK CITY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRISONERS; PRISONS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84861678866     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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