Pat Young wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:58:13 -0400 > From: Pat Young <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Sage Publications... > > has a new journal called ICAN: Infant, Child & Adolescent Nutrition. > They are looking for articles on early lifespan nutrition, etc. > http://ican.sagepub.com for more info.They really need some good BF > nutrition research! Especially since mag has Nestle Kid Essentials as > one of the few (so far) adv. I love it when we advertize Boost Kid > Essentials in a mag articles on obesity :-b > they also have an article - Maternal Variables Influencing Duration of > Breastfeeding Among Low-Income Mothers by McKechnie, Tluczek & > Henriques, Vol 1, No.3, pp126-132. > and the editor is CLE :-) Pat in SNJ > I know Anne McKechnie, the author of the article in the new Sage Publications journal, although slightly. She is a PhD student in Nursing at University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is a former La Leche League leader (in Minnesota) and VERY supportive of breastfeeding. She has come to our local Breastfeeding Promotion Network meetings, and has tried to promote breastfeeding within the School of Nursing here. Sage Publications also publishes the ILCA journal, "The Journal of Human Lactation." Here is the abstract of the article: Maternal Variables Influencing Duration of Breastfeeding Among Low- Income Mothers Anne Chevalier McKechnie, RN, IBCLC, RLC School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [log in to unmask] Audrey Tluczek, PhD, RN School of Nursing, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jeffrey B. Henriques, PhD School of Nursing, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin- Madison This study used a retrospective comparison of 2 naturally occurring groups, first to examine how exclusive versus partial breastfeeding relates to duration of breastfeeding and, second, to determine if factors such as age and body mass index are associated with exclusive versus partial breastfeeding duration. These factors were hypothesized to influence the amount of breastfeeding in a sample of 42 low-income mothers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children of a predominately rural, Midwestern county. This study examined de-identified data from a state database spanning a calendar year. Breastfeeding behavior, age, and body mass index measurements for mothers giving birth within the first 6 months of that year were analyzed. Exclusive breastfeeding mothers breastfed longer, were of older age, and had lower body mass indexes than partial breastfeeding mothers. These findings further describe characteristics of low-income breastfeeding women. Understanding how factors associated with exclusive versus partial breastfeeding affect breastfeeding duration may inform clinicians and researchers of areas for future interventions. Key Words: exclusive breastfeeding • partial breastfeeding • low income • WIC • BMI I did not know how to access the whole article without paying $25, so I 've just read the abstract. Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Madison, WI [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome