Understanding breastfeeding maintenance: exploring the role of experience, intrapersonal and interpersonal factors, and turning points

Exclusive breastfeeding for at least six months and continued breastfeeding for the first year or two is promoted as the preferred method for feeding infants. In the United States, about 79% of infants are ever breastfed and less than 27% are breastfed through the first year (Centers for Disease Con...

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Main Author: Schafer, Ellen Jennifer
Other Authors: Ashida, Sato
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2015
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6637
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8136&context=etd