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Review Of Instruments To Measure Breastfeeding Beliefs And Intent Among Nulliparous Black College Women, Jaime L. Eunice
Review Of Instruments To Measure Breastfeeding Beliefs And Intent Among Nulliparous Black College Women, Jaime L. Eunice
HIM 1990-2015
United States breastfeeding rates are below Healthy People 2020 national goals, with African American women at the lowest rates. According to the theory of planned behavior, intention is a strong determinant of actual behavior. The purpose of this review is to uncover how researchers can best measure attributes that influence the intention to breast feed in the African American college aged population of nulliparous women. Tools to measure breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, cultural and social norms will be identified. Searches of health databases and Google Scholar located peer-reviewed journals using keywords such as Black, African American, instrument, female and student. …