title: Breastfeeding and problematic integration: results of a focus-group study.
abstract: This article reports on a subset of data from nine focus groups. Participants included new and expectant mothers and their partners, friends, and relatives. The larger goal of the focus groups was to understand local infant-feeding practices of mothers in our region. The subset of data reported in this article pertains to breastfeeding failure. The experience of breastfeeding failure, as described by participants in this study, is analyzed through the lens of  Babrow's (1992)  concept of problematic integration.
authors.affiliation: Department of English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3091, USA. amy.koerber@ttu.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koerber
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brice
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tombs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas