Infant FeedingMaternal Perceptions of Infant Hunger, Satiety, and Pressuring Feeding Styles in an Urban Latina WIC Population
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Study Design
We performed a secondary analysis of data, collected as part of a larger study of Latina mother-infant dyads participating in the New York City Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), to better understand the sociodemographic correlates of maternal feeding perceptions and the relationship between maternal perceptions of infant hunger and satiety and pressuring feeding style. Public Health Solutions, a nonprofit research organization, conducted the study,
Study Sample
Four hundred fifty-two mothers were eligible for the study at enrollment and 13 refused to participate; 439 mothers completed the enrollment interview survey and 368 (84%) of these mothers also completed the telephone follow-up survey 3 months after enrollment. The 368 mothers who completed the follow-up telephone survey were included in this analysis. Of these mothers, 39 were missing maternal BMI from the follow-up survey; therefore, analyses containing maternal BMI had a sample number of
Discussion
In this study, we have provided new information regarding maternal interpretation of infant hunger and satiety cues and pressuring feeding styles, including their associated maternal and infant characteristics and their relationships to each other.
We found that the majority of mothers used commonly accepted hunger and satiety cues to identify their babies as hungry and full. However, more than 70% of mothers believed that if their infant is crying he must be hungry. These mothers may be less
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by grant T01 CD000146 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Dr Gross) and by Public Health Solutions with a grant C703044 from the New York State Assembly, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver through the allotment in the Health Care Initiatives Pool as part of the 2003–2004 Health Care Reform Act (Dr Chiasson, Dr Rosenberg, Ms Scheinmann). We thank Edith Letamendi, MPA, Vanessa Bransburg, MSW and Diane Quintero, MS, who conducted the study interviews. We also
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