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The Effect Of Income Level On The Relationship Between The Personal Support Matrix And Sustained Breastfeeding, Sandra Mann Gossler
The Effect Of Income Level On The Relationship Between The Personal Support Matrix And Sustained Breastfeeding, Sandra Mann Gossler
Theses and Dissertations
The Healthy People 2010 Objectives for the population of the United States include the objective for women to sustain breastfeeding at a higher rate than they are currently.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now recommends that all infants be fed human milk for the first year of life instead of the previously recommended first six months of life. Breastfeeding initiation rates are rising, but breastfeeding duration rates continue to fall. It was hypothesized that the support system of the women may play a role in the duration of breastfeeding. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the support …