Early termination of breast-feeding in periurban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: mothers' community perceptions and personal practices Interrupción precoz de la lactancia materna en la zona periurbana de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: las prácticas personales de la madre y su percepción de las prácticas de la comunidad

• Main Author: John D. McLennan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2001
• Subjects: Breast-feeding; surveys; research methodology; maternal and child health; Dominican Republic; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Barrios
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/324dd870f48946619e3e4318a808dd22

Objectives. The objectives of this study were to determine: 1) whether mothers' perceptions of typical community practice for breast-feeding duration influence their personal practices and 2) whether the mothers' reports of community reasons for terminating breast-feeding identify barriers...