Titre : | Breastfeeding Attitudes and Reported Problems in a National Sample of WIC Participants (2007) |
Auteurs : | Margaret F. McCann, Auteur ; Nazli Baydar, Auteur ; Rick L. Williams, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | Journal of Human Lactation (Vol. 23 n°4, Novembre 2007) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 314-324 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : | Evaluation ; Programme santé ; Statistiques |
Mots-clés: | WIC |
Résumé : | "Recent reports indicate that breastfeeding rates continue to be dramatically lower among WIC participants, compared with other US mothers. The WIC Infant Feeding Practices Study was a nationally representative 1-year longitudinal study of WIC participants that obtained information about attitudes regarding infant feeding and about infant-feeding practices. Hispanic mothers were most likely to agree with statements about benefits of breastfeeding, and Black mothers were most likely to agree with statements about barriers. Concern about insufficient milk was common in all ethnic groups. Perceived benefits were associated with breastfeeding initiation (P |