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Barriers to Breastfeeding Among African American Adolescent Mothers

Kim Brownell, MD

Northern Navajo Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 160, Shiprock, New Mexico 87420 Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

Laurencia Hutton, MDH

Pinellas County Health Department, St. Petersburg, Florida

Jacqueline Hartman, MD

Pediatric Health Care Alliance, St. Petersburg, Florida

Sharon Dabrow, MD

University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Petersburg, Florida

The purpose of this study was to define the barriers to breastfeeding in the inner city African American adolescent mother. The study was conducted at Johnnie Ruth Clarke Health Center in St. Petersburg, Florida from October 1999 to February 2000. The study population included 25 African American adolescent mothers between the ages of 15 and 21 years. The results indicate that these mothers possess adequate knowledge about the benefits of breast milk. The greatest barriers to breastfeeding included pain, embarrassment, and lack of interest. These concerns are appropriate given their developmental stage; however, interventions are necessary to address these issues.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 41, No. 9, 669-673 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/000992280204100905
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