The influence of culture on breast-feeding decisions by African American and white women

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Street, Darlene Joyner ^a   Lewallen, Lynne Porter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; breast feeding; culture; white

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORTH CAROLINA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84873379494     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31827e57e7     Document Type: Article

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