This study identified factors that prevented disadvantaged groups from initiating and successfully breastfeeding, particularly teenage mothers and mothers from low-income groups. researchers found that the disadvantaged mothers might require extra support to overcome problems associated with breastfeeding.
The author investigated why WIC participants chose particular feeding methods, identified particular barriers to breastfeeding among low-income women, and explored micro and macro factors that have the potential to increase breastfeeding rates. Results indicated that school and/or work requirements, familial influence, physician advice, and culturally constructed belief systems all heavily influenced the infant-feeding decisions of low-income women.
This study was conducted to explore the breastfeeding conceptions and practices of low-income African-American and Puerto Rican women. researchers determined that breastfeeding &l ambivalence ; plays a critical role in driving thought and action in women lives. This ambivalence erodes the permanence of breastfeeding intention, challenging breastfeeding promotion strategies.
The purpose of this study was to assess whether providing a breastfeeding support team would result in higher breastfeeding rates at 6, 12, and 24 weeks postpartum among urban low-income mothers. There were no differences in the sociodemographic characteristics between the groups. Compared with the usual-care group, more women reported breastfeeding in the intervention at 6 weeks postpartum.
This study examines the effectiveness of a peer counseling breastfeeding support program for low-income women in Michigan who participated in the WIC Program. The support program that the researchers evaluated was very effective at increasing breastfeeding among low-income women who participated in WIC, a population that breastfeeds at rates below the national average.
p>The objective of the study was to identify the variables associated with breastfeeding duration. The results showed that human lactation is a complex phenomenon and that many demographic, physical, social, and psychological variables influenced the duration of breastfeeding.
This study examines Maryland's WIC breastfeeding self-reported initiation rates by participation in one of three groups: (1) peer counselor (PC-treatment) group, (2) lactation consultant (LC) group, and (3) standard care (SC) group. Results showed that the odds of breastfeeding initiation were significantly greater among PC-exposed infants, compared with the reference group of SC infants, but not significantly different between LC and the SC infants. In the Maryland WIC Program, breastfeeding initiation rates were positively associated with peer counseling.
The purpose of this study was to identify sources and acceptability of infant-feeding advice among WIC participants. Professional advice is perceived as credible when caregivers exhibit characteristics similar to those of experienced family and friends: confidence, empathy, respect, and calm.
The objectives of this study were to identify (1) reasons why low-income breastfeeding mothers begin in-hospital formula supplementation and (2) risk factors of in-hospital formula supplementation. Results indicated that there was no clear medical need for supplementation for 87% of the breastfed infants who received formula supplementation in the hospital. Attending a prenatal breastfeeding class dramatically reduced the likelihood of receiving in-hospital formula supplementation.
This article examines the progress in breastfeeding support through workplaces, public education, professional education, health system changes, support services, and research. Although there has been considerable progress in breastfeeding support over the past 25 years, significant gaps remain in protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding.
