Deaf mothers and breastfeeding: do unique features of deaf culture and language support breastfeeding success?
- Published 2013 in Journal of human lactation : official journal of…
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Deaf mothers who use American Sign Language (ASL) consider themselves a linguistic minority group, with specific cultural practices. Rarely has this group been engaged in infant-feeding research.
OBJECTIVES
To understand how Deaf mothers who use ASL learn about infant feeding and to identify their breastfeeding challenges.
METHODS
Using a… (More)
