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The Effect Of Maternity Leave Length And Time Of Return To Work On Breastfeeding, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Saundra Glover, Janice Probst, Jihong Liu, James Hussey
The Effect Of Maternity Leave Length And Time Of Return To Work On Breastfeeding, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Saundra Glover, Janice Probst, Jihong Liu, James Hussey
Jihong Liu
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Balancing Work And Family: Effect Of Employment Characteristics On Breastfeeding, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Saundra Glover, Janice Probst, James Hussey, Jihong Liu
Balancing Work And Family: Effect Of Employment Characteristics On Breastfeeding, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Saundra Glover, Janice Probst, James Hussey, Jihong Liu
Jihong Liu
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Reasons Why Women Do Not Initiate Breastfeeding: A Southeastern State Study, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Janice Probst, Sarah Laditka, Jihong Liu, Jongdeuk Baek, Saundra Glover
Reasons Why Women Do Not Initiate Breastfeeding: A Southeastern State Study, Chinelo Ogbuanu, Janice Probst, Sarah Laditka, Jihong Liu, Jongdeuk Baek, Saundra Glover
Jihong Liu
Purpose - Despite the increase in breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States, only five states have met the three Healthy People 2010 breastfeeding objectives. Our objectives are to study women's self-reported reasons for not initiating breastfeeding and to determine whether these reasons vary by race/ethnicity, and other maternal and hospital support characteristics. Methods - Data are from the 2000-2003 Arkansas Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, restricting the sample to women who did not initiate breastfeeding (unweighted n = 2,917). Reasons for not initiating breastfeeding are characterized as individual reasons, household responsibilities, and circumstances. Analyses include the χ2 test …