title: Breast-feeding patterns of Montserratian women.
abstract: This article describes the breast-feeding patterns found on Montserrat by a survey that interviewed 69 mothers who delivered infants over a 13-month period, from March 1989 through March 1990. The results indicated that 94% of the women breast-fed these children for at least two weeks after delivery; that 70% were still breast-feeding at the time of the interview in March or April 1990; and that principal factors influencing early termination of breast-feeding were the age at which supplementary feeding was commenced and lack of maternal information about why babies appear to reject the breast.
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University Medical School, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Quinn
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meade
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010298:Parity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014886:Weaning; D014900:West Indies