Titre : | Maternal Religious Involvement and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration. (2012) |
Auteurs : | BURDETTE (Amy-M) : USA. Center for Demography and Population Health. Florida State University. Tallahassee. ; PILKAUSKAS (Natasha-V) : USA. Department of Social Work. Columbia University. New York. NY. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 102, n° 10, 2012) |
Pagination : | 1865-1868 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Mère ; Religion ; Allaitement maternel ; Allaitement ; Initiation ; Durée |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS ER0x9kss. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Although religious involvement is associated with a number of beneficial health outcomes, few studies have investigated whether religious involvement is associated with breastfeeding behaviors. Our analyses of 2 waves of data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study (n=4166) indicate that mothers who frequently attend religious services are more likely to initiate breastfeeding than are mothers who never attend services. Understanding religious variations in breastfeeding may allow public health officials to more effectively target vulnerable populations. |