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Impact Of Migration And Resettlement On Attitudes And Perspectives On Breastfeeding Practices, Florence O. Orionzi Mrs
Impact Of Migration And Resettlement On Attitudes And Perspectives On Breastfeeding Practices, Florence O. Orionzi Mrs
Culminating Projects in Child and Family Studies
Researchers have observed that people who are raising children in a culture that they were not born in, especially immigrants and refugees, will experience conflict due to acculturation (Harley, Stamm, & Eskenazi, 2007; Lowe, 2011). Whether or not there is a relationship between change in environment and breastfeeding practices is an important consideration when immigrant and refugees resettle in a new country.
In this study 10 immigrant and refugee mothers who have lived in the St. Cloud area for an average of 10 years were interviewed. The research design used in the study was qualitative using individual semi-structured interviews with …