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Villalobos, Aubrey Van Kirk; Davis, Catasha; Turner, Monique Mitchell; Long, Sahira; Hull, Shawnika; Lapinski, Maria Knight – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
The purpose of this study was to describe social norms and salient social identities related to breastfeeding intentions among African American mothers in Washington, D.C. Five focus groups were held with 30 mothers who gave birth to a child between 2016 and 2019. Two coders conducted pragmatic thematic analysis. This study demonstrated that women…
Descriptors: Infants, Nutrition, Mothers, African Americans
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Jones, Rachel K.; Frohwirth, Lori F.; Moore, Ann M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
The majority of U.S. women who have abortions (61%) have children. This exploratory study analyzes qualitative information from 38 women obtaining abortions to examine how issues of motherhood influenced their decisions to terminate their pregnancies. Women in the sample had abortions because of the material responsibilities of motherhood, such as…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Child Rearing, Surgery