Objective To identify the most influential factors on breastfeeding initiation in adolescent
mothers in order to identify the highest risk population to focus education and support …

Purpose Adolescent mothers have a lower breastfeeding rate than adult women. The
objective is to determine the association between multiple high-risk characteristics of …

Background Adolescent mothers in the US are much less likely to initiate breastfeeding than
older mothers, and teens who do initiate breastfeeding tend to breastfeed for shorter …

Purpose Despite a substantial amount of evidence on breastfeeding among non-adolescent
mothers, research and strategies uniquely designed to target adolescent mothers are critical …

Abstract Background and Objectives For preterm infants, breastmilk plays an important role
in their development, but mothers encounter a number of barriers to breastfeeding. The aim …

Objective To examine breast-feeding initiation and continuation among women with recent
live births in 10 states. Study design By using Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring …

The purpose of this integrative review was to describe factors that influence breastfeeding
behaviors in adolescent mothers. Twenty-two articles met inclusion criteria. Findings …

Background Teen mothers face many challenges to successful breastfeeding and are less
likely to breastfeed than any other population group in the US Few studies have investigated …

Objective. To identify racial/ethnic differences in prevalence and the factors that influence
decisions to breastfeed among adolescent mothers. Methods. A total of 696 Mexican …

Objective To identify characteristics of adolescent mothers who bottle-feed who considered
breast-feeding their infants and strategies to promote breast-feeding within this special …