Breast vs. Bottle Feeding

Paper Summary:

To identify the factors that serve to influence a mother's decision to breastfeed or bottle-feed her infant, this paper examines the cultural and social factors that have historically shaped these decisions during the period 1950 to date. The paper makes use of both historical and ethnographic qualitative methods. The results of the study serve as a useful framework in which to develop a best practices approach for clinicians to use in a wide range of treatment settings to help women make the right decision based on the scientific evidence rather than potentially spurious and unrealistic historical considerations concerning breastfeeding practices.
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Abstract
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Significance of Study
Limitations of Study
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Theory
Proposed Methods
Expected Outcomes and their Importance
Conclusion

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"Several factors serve to influence a mother's decision to breastfeed or bottle-feed her infant, including the media, public marketing of formula, hospital policies, work environments, social and personal support networks, cultural and individual beliefs, and breastfeeding advice by clinicians and non-health care professionals; unfortunately, all of these factors affect minorities in America disproportionately (Oyeku 2003:377). For example, the results of the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey provide some insight into contemporary factors that may account for the comparatively low breastfeeding rates among African American women today. In this survey, Beal and her associates determined that African American women were less likely than their white counterparts to recall receiving breastfeeding advice from clinicians and women, infant and children (WIC) counselors than white women. "

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