Racial and Ethnic Differences in Maternal Social Support and Relationship to Mother-Infant Health Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine racial and ethnic differences in maternal social support in infancy and the relationship between social support and mother-infant health behaviors.

Methods

Secondary analysis of baseline data from a multisite obesity prevention trial that enrolled mothers and their 2-month-old infants. Behavioral and social support data were collected via questionnaire. We used modified Poisson regression to determine association between health behaviors and financial and emotional social support, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.

Results

Eight hundred and twenty-six mother-infant dyads (27.3% non-Hispanic Black, 18.0% Non-Hispanic White, 50.1% Hispanic and 4.6% Non-Hispanic Other). Half of mothers were born in the United States; 87% were Medicaid-ins

SUBMITTER: White MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078964 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature