Family and Community Health
Volume 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-328

Sociocultural influences on the determinants of breastofeeding by Latina Mothers in the cincinnati area (Article)

Vaughn L.M. , Ireton C. , Geraghty S.R. , Diers T. , Niño V. , Falciglia G.A. , Valenzuela J. , Mosbaugh C.
  • a University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, ML 2008, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
  • b University of Cincinnati, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • c Cincinnati Children's Center for Breastfeeding Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • d University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • e Interpreting Services, University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • f Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • g Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • h Breast and Cervical Cancer Project, Holmes Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States

Abstract

While breast-feeding initiation and duration among US Latina women appear to decrease with acculturation, health care providers in the Greater Cincinnati area have noted lower rates of breast-feeding among even first-generation Latina immigrants. This study's purpose was to identify determinants of breast-feeding for Latina mothers in Cincinnati through qualitative interviews and Spanish Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale ratings. Our findings suggest that, along with similar levels of breast-feeding self-confidence, foreign-born Latina women in the Greater Cincinnati area share similar breast-feeding determinants with the general population. However, characteristics of these determinants and their impact vary because of unique pressures experienced by this community. Copyright © 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Author Keywords

determinants of early weaning breast-feeding Latina mothers

Index Keywords

cultural anthropology Models, Psychological psychological model Ohio psychological aspect Spouses human statistics Hispanic Americans Breast Feeding Self Efficacy United States Young Adult Humans Hispanic female spouse Mothers self concept Article adult mother Culture
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77956234690&doi=10.1097%2fFCH.0b013e3181f3b2be&partnerID=40&md5=818dce1ca8690131c48cb8f826f2069f
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181f3b2be
ISSN: 01606379
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English