Breastfeeding and Use of Social Media Among First-Time African American Mothers

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 268-278

  Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V ^a   Waters, Catherine M ^a   Dailey, Dawn E ^b   Lee, Kathryn A ^b   Lyndon, Audrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breastfeeding; Ethnography; Infant feeding; Messaging; Mobile health; Qualitative research; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924605400     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12552     Document Type: Article

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