Maternal Stress and Infant Feeding in Hispanic Families Experiencing Poverty.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Maternal stress has been associated with early child obesity through pathways related to decreased exclusive breastfeeding and increased nonresponsive maternal-infant feeding styles. We sought to gain an in-depth understanding of how maternal stress, sadness, and isolation are perceived to affect feeding, in order to inform modifiable targets of intervention.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with Hispanic mothers living in poverty with young infants between 3 and 7 months old (n = 32) from the intervention group of a randomized controlled trial of an early child obesity prevention intervention (Starting Early Program). Bilingual English-Spanish interviewers conducted the interviews, which were audio recorded, transcribed, and translated.

SUBMITTER: Gross RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8556387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature