Social and institutional factors that affect breastfeeding duration among WIC participants in Los Angeles County, California

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1887-1895

  Langellier, Brent A ^a   Pia Chaparro, M ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b and Children Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Employment; Hospitals; Human milk; Infant formula; Maternity; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POLICY; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POSTNATAL CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84871739633     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0937-z     Document Type: Article

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