Grandmother and health care professional breastfeeding perspectives provide opportunities for health promotion in an American Indian community

Bailey Houghtaling, Carmen Byker Shanks, Selena Ahmed and Elizabeth Rink

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 208, issue C, 80-88

Abstract: While breastfeeding is well recognized as beneficial, rates of breastfeeding among American Indian women are below average and contribute to health inequities. Culturally specific approaches to breastfeeding research are called for to inform appropriate interventions in American Indian communities. Specifically, a grandmother's role in breastfeeding promotion is of great import particularly in American Indian (AI) groups, although is an understudied topic to date.

Keywords: Breastfeeding; American Indian; Infant feeding; Rural health; Qualitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.017

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