2021
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2020.0073
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Infant Feeding Exposure and Personal Experiences of African American Mothers

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“…Black women acknowledge that breastfeeding is the optimal feeding choice for their infants and that exposure from family, friends, coworkers, health care providers, and the internet influenced them to initiate breastfeeding. 29 The internet was cited as a useful tool for Black mothers to connect on social media sites with other breastfeeding Black mothers and allowed Black women to conduct their research about breastfeeding to help overcome challenges. 29 However, a study of infant care practices of US-born NHB and foreign-born NHB women revealed that the use of books for infant care information was positively associated with stronger perceptions of control and favorable attitudes about breastfeeding, whereas the internet was not.…”
Section: Individual Factorsmentioning
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“…Black women acknowledge that breastfeeding is the optimal feeding choice for their infants and that exposure from family, friends, coworkers, health care providers, and the internet influenced them to initiate breastfeeding. 29 The internet was cited as a useful tool for Black mothers to connect on social media sites with other breastfeeding Black mothers and allowed Black women to conduct their research about breastfeeding to help overcome challenges. 29 However, a study of infant care practices of US-born NHB and foreign-born NHB women revealed that the use of books for infant care information was positively associated with stronger perceptions of control and favorable attitudes about breastfeeding, whereas the internet was not.…”
Section: Individual Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…29 The internet was cited as a useful tool for Black mothers to connect on social media sites with other breastfeeding Black mothers and allowed Black women to conduct their research about breastfeeding to help overcome challenges. 29 However, a study of infant care practices of US-born NHB and foreign-born NHB women revealed that the use of books for infant care information was positively associated with stronger perceptions of control and favorable attitudes about breastfeeding, whereas the internet was not. It is postulated that the infant care books gave consistent positive information about breastfeeding while the information found on the internet conveyed both positive and negative information about breastfeeding.…”
Section: Individual Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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