"…[T]his is What We are Missing": The Value of Communicating Infant Feeding Information Across Three Generations of African American Women.

Autor:	Woods Barr AL; 414742331 Department of Maternal and Child Health, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA., Austin DA; REACHUP, Inc, Tampa, FL, USA., Smith JL; 414742331 Department of Maternal and Child Health, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA., Schafer EJ; 1791 Department of Community and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association [J Hum Lact] 2021 May; Vol. 37 (2), pp. 279-288. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 25.
DOI:	10.1177/0890334421995078
Abstrakt:	Background: Breast/Chestfeeding remains a public health issue for African Americans, and increased rates would mitigate many health disparities, thus promoting health equity. Research Aims: To explore the interplay of generational familial roles and meaning (or value) ascribed to communicating infant feeding information across three generations. Method: This prospective, cross-sectional qualitative study used an asset-driven approach and was guided by Black Feminist Thought and Symbolic Interactionism. African American women ( N = 35; 15 family triads/dyads), residing in the southeastern United States were interviewed. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: The older two generations described their role using assertive yet nurturing terms, while the younger generation carefully discussed the flexibility between their familial roles. Emergent themes described the meaning each generation attributed to communicating infant feeding information: "My Responsibility," "Comforting," "Bonding Experience," "She Cared," and "Gained Wisdom." Conclusions: Our findings have potential to contribute to achieving health equity in African American families. Future breast/chestfeeding promotion efforts may benefit from reframing the current approach to including protection language and not solely support language. Lactation professionals should further recognize and support strengths and resource-richness of intergenerational infant feeding communication within African American families using strength-based, empowerment-oriented, and ethnically sensitive approaches.
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