Breastfeeding in Context: African American Women's Normative Referents, Salient Identities, and Perceived Social Norms

Autor/inn/en	Villalobos, Aubrey Van Kirk; Davis, Catasha; Turner, Monique Mitchell; Long, Sahira; Hull, Shawnika; Lapinski, Maria Knight
Titel	Breastfeeding in Context: African American Women's Normative Referents, Salient Identities, and Perceived Social Norms
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 48 (2021) 4, S.496-506 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Villalobos, Aubrey Van Kirk) ORCID (Long, Sahira)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/10901981211014445
Schlagwörter	Infants; Nutrition; Mothers; African Americans; Decision Making; Identification (Psychology); Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Age Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Family Influence; Peer Influence; African American Community; Allied Health Personnel; Socioeconomic Status; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Marital Status; Individual Characteristics; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ernährung; Mother; Mutter; Afroamerikaner; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Elternverhalten; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Familienstand; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to describe social norms and salient social identities related to breastfeeding intentions among African American mothers in Washington, D.C. Five focus groups were held with 30 mothers who gave birth to a child between 2016 and 2019. Two coders conducted pragmatic thematic analysis. This study demonstrated that women hold different identities relevant to making infant feeding decisions, with mother being primary and race/ethnicity, age, and relationship status factoring into how they define themselves. Mothers drew their perceptions of what is common and accepted from family, friends, the "Black community," and what they perceived visually in their geographic area and heard from their health care providers. Mothers believed breastfeeding to be increasing in popularity and acceptability in African American communities in Washington, D.C., but not yet the most common or accepted mode of feeding, with some variability by socioeconomic status group. Implications for public health communication and social marketing are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01