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Insufficient milk supply among black and white breast‐feeding mothers

Author(s) -

Hill Pamela D.,

Aldag Jean C.

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

research in nursing and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1098-240X

pISSN - 0160-6891

DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770160307

Subject(s) - ethnic group , breast feeding , white (mutation) , incidence (geometry) , breast milk , demography , medicine , black women , environmental health , gynecology , pediatrics , gender studies , biology , sociology , biochemistry , physics , anthropology , optics , gene

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether ethnicity is associated with insufficient milk supply (IMS) among breast‐feeding mothers. A major reason reported by mothers for early termination or introduction of formula and/or solids is insufficient milk. A retrospective survey was conducted among 42 black and 148 white breast‐feeding mothers participating in the WIC program in a midwestern state. The results suggested that: (1) the incidence of IMS was similar for black and white mothers; (2) controlling for education, black mothers initiated breast‐feeding later and stopped sooner; IMS mothers fed less frequently and for shorter periods; and (3) controlling for education, there were no ethnic differences in the determinants or indicators of IMS. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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