The Impact of Federal Breastfeeding Policy Initiatives on Women’s Breastfeeding Practices and Attitudes in Southern Indiana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12455486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca M Bedwell (University of Arizona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 508-527 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10875549.2017.1348423 |
| OpenAlex | W2745458002 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This study investigates the effects of a change in WIC federal policy for low-income mothers and children at nutritional risk in southern Indiana. The policy change was meant to encourage more WIC recipients to exclusively breastfeed their infants. However, most recipients reported that the change in policy did not influence their infant feeding decisions in the way that policy makers intended. Instead, nutritional factors and difficulties with breastfeeding were more influential in participants’ decisions to exclusively breastfeed or not. Importantly, the policy change did provide nutritional and financial support to low-income mothers who had already decided to exclusively breastfeed
Breastfeeding · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Low income · Political science · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics
At the breast
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Variables Associated With Breastfeeding Duration
Social and Institutional Factors that Affect Breastfeeding Duration Among WIC Participants in Los Angeles County, California
Long-Term Breastfeeding Support
Exploring the Concept of Positive Deviance Related to Breastfeeding Initiation in Black and White WIC Enrolled First Time Mothers
Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Breastfeeding
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding Duration among WIC-Eligible Families
Breastfeeding and the Good Maternal Body
Extending the 'Bright Line
Contemporary Trends in Infant Feeding Research
Blurring the boundaries
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |