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Breastfeeding
Contextual analysis of breastfeeding duration conducted
February 17th, 2005
A recent study tested two models of women's breastfeeding behavior. "A personal attitudes model (i.e., infant feeding choices are based on personal attitudes primarily) and a structural factors model (i.e., feeding choices are shaped by the structural contexts of women's lives, as much as personal attitudes) of women's breastfeeding behavior were tested by surveying a longitudinal sample of 548 mostly European American women recruited for the Wisconsin Maternity Leave and Health Project," said N.M. McKinley and J.S. Hyde, University of Washington, Tacoma. "Personal attitudes (enjoyment of breastfeeding, gender-role attitudes, and work and family...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)
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