Associations of maternal obesity and psychosocial factors with breastfeeding intention, initiation, and duration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychosocial factors influence breastfeeding outcomes, but little is known about these characteristics and how they influence breastfeeding behavior of obese women, who are a group that experiences poor breastfeeding outcomes.

Objectives

Our objectives were to determine whether 1) maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with social knowledge of, social influence toward, maternal confidence in, and behavioral beliefs about breastfeeding; 2) BMI and these psychosocial factors predict outcomes of intention to breastfeed, ever breastfed, and the duration of breastfeeding; and 3) BMI and psychosocial factors are associated with these breastfeeding outcomes independent of each other.

Design

Participants (n = 2824) in the Infant Feeding Practices

SUBMITTER: Hauff LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927688 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature