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dc.contributor.authorMcLennan, John Des_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued2001es_ES
dc.identifier.citationMcLennan, John D (2001) Early termination of breast-feeding in periurban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: mothers' community perceptions and personal practices. Rev Panam Salud Publica;9(6) 362-367,jun. 2001. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892001000600002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892001000600002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=enes_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8583
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;9(6),jun. 2001es_ES
dc.subjectAleitamento Maternoes_ES
dc.subjectSaúde Materno-Infantilpt_BR
dc.subjectRepública Dominicanaes_ES
dc.subjectAssistência à Saúdept_BR
dc.subjectNutrição do Lactentept_BR
dc.titleEarly termination of breast-feeding in periurban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: mothers' community perceptions and personal practicesen_US
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesOBJECTIVES: Teh objectives of this study were to determine: 1) whether mothers' perceptions of typical community practice for breast-feeding duration influence their personal practices and 2) whether the mothers' reports of commmunity reasons for terminating breast-feeding identify barriers not elicited trhough self-report. METHODS: The study was conducted in1997 in a sample of poor neighborhoods in a periurban district of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. A representative sample of 220 mothers from these neighborhoods was interviewed with a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: While the duration of breast-feeding was similar for self-report and for mothers' perceptions of typical community practice, ther was no statisically significant correlation between these two variables. "Mother-driven" reasons but rarely given as personal reasons. Personal reasons were predominately "child-driven," including "the child not wanting the breast," or reasons beyond the mother's control such as having "insufficient" milk. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal report of community reasons for early termination may be a useful way to identify factors that would not otherwise be reevealed on self-report aimed at increasing breast-feeding durationen_US


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