Reasons for Pacifier Use and Non-Use in African-Americans: Does Knowledge of Reduced SIDS Risk Change Parents’ Minds?

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 402-410

  Joyner, Brandi L ^a   Oden, Rosalind P ^a   Moon, Rachel Y ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Nipple confusion; Pacifier; Parental decision; Racial disparity; SIDS; Thumb sucking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PACIFIER; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PACIFIERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927556070     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0206-0     Document Type: Article

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