Titre : | "Breast is best" : knowledge among low-income mothers is not enough (2001) |
Auteurs : | DR Zimmerman, Auteur ; N Guttman, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | Journal of Human Lactation (Vol.17 n°1, Février 2001) |
Article en page(s) : | pp.14-19 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | SO.5 (Précarité) |
Catégories : | Pauvreté ; Précarité ; Promotion de l'allaitement |
Résumé : | The beliefs of low-income mothers regarding breastfeeding compared to formula feeding, according to feeding method, were investigated. Interviews were conducted with 154 women who were assigned to one of two groups. Four health benefits of breastfeeding were rated significantly higher than for infant formula within both the breastfeeding (BF) and formula-feeding (FF) groups. Breastfeeding was seen as less convenient than formula feeding by the FF group (mean = 2.3 +/- 1.7 versus 3.8 +/- 1.5 for formula feeding and breastfeeding, respectively; P |