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Breastfeeding
Interventions needed to encourage low-income women to breastfeed
May 26th, 2005
University of Florida researchers say interventions are needed to encourage low-income women in the U.S. to breastfeed. "Despite the documented health and emotional benefits of breastfeeding to women and children, breastfeeding rates are low among subgroups of women," wrote A.J. Khoury and colleagues in the University's Department of Health Service Research Management & Policy. Khoury's group investigated "factors associated with breastfeeding initiation in low-income women, including Theory of Planned Behavior measures of attitude, support, and perceived control, as well as sociodemographic characteristics. A mail survey, with telephone follow-up,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-05-26)
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