Breastfeeding among high-risk inner-city african-american mothers: A risky choice?

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Furman, Lydia M ^a,b   Banks, Elizabeth C ^b   North, Angela B ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LACTATION CONSULTANT; MOTHER; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OHIO; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873391574     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2012.0012     Document Type: Article

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