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Using the Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding in African-American Women

Eastin, Adryan R

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2014, MS, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Health Education.
Research continues to reveal the disparity in breastfeeding rates among African-American women. Research has also shown this disparity translating into more serious and chronic illnesses during infancy and sometimes continuing into childhood. The specific purpose of this study is to apply Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to predict breastfeeding initiation and duration in African-American women in a community sample drawn predominantly from a Midwestern state. A total of 238 African-American women completed a 50 item valid and reliable questionnaire assessing their knowledge, expectations, self-efficacy, self-efficacy in overcoming barriers and self-control in initiation and duration of breastfeeding. Stepwise multiple regression and logistic regression were used to model the SCT predictors of breastfeeding initiation and duration in African-American women. Regression results indicated that self-efficacy for initiation and self-efficacy in overcoming barriers for initiation were significant predictors for initiation of breastfeeding in African American women. Logistic regression revealed that self-efficacy to breast fed for more than six months and self-control for duration were significant predictors. Recommendations have been offered to develop interventions that will increase self-efficacy for initiation and duration, self-efficacy in overcoming barriers and self-control in breastfeeding among African-American women. This investigation provides a critical framework for the development of future research and interventions that promote breastfeeding in African-American women which is an understudied population.
Manoj Sharma, M.B.B.S. Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Laura Nabors, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
17 p.

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  • Eastin, A. R. (2014). Using the Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding in African-American Women [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733722

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Eastin, Adryan. Using the Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding in African-American Women. 2014. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733722.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Eastin, Adryan. "Using the Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding in African-American Women." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397733722

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)