Explaining infant feeding style of low-income black women.
Unstructured interviews were conducted with 10 low-income black women to explore infant feeding style. Formula-feeding with early introduction of cereal in the bottle was the most common pattern used by mothers in the first 3 months. By 6 months, formula-fed infants had a complex diet of a variety of foods. Half the women intended to breast-feed, but only one exclusively breast-fed. Beliefs about healthy infants and crying influenced feeding. There was a lack of knowledge about and support for breast-feeding in these women's environment. Support and advice about infant feeding from the health care system were uneven.
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Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Charleston 29425, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011203:Poverty; D013022:South Carolina; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires