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"Don't Feel Like You Have to Do This All on Your Own": Exploring Perceived Partner Support of Breastfeeding Among Black Women in Kentucky.

Jardin N DoganCandice HargonsDanelle Stevens-Watkins
Published in: Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association (2022)
Participants who breastfed for at least 6 months largely attributed their breastfeeding success to the support received from their partners. Our findings offer a culturally relevant framework of partner breastfeeding support that can facilitate intervention efforts with participants and their partners to increase breastfeeding rates among this population.
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