{"doi":"10.3390/children12091109","title":"Socio-Cultural Correlates of Breastfeeding Behavior Among Latina Mothers and Its Implications for Child Health","abstract":"Background: Latina mothers in the United States report lower rates of breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity than their non-Hispanic counterparts. Lower rates of breastfeeding in infancy may lead to a higher rate of excess weight in childhood and adverse health conditions. Breastfeeding disparities in Latina women have been previously correlated with socio-cultural factors such as acculturation, education, income, nativity, and marital status. This study examines whether socio-cultural factors are associated with breastfeeding behaviors in Latina mothers in Nevada. Methods: Participants were Latina mothers [n = 214] over 18 years of age, with a child 2–5 years old. A logistic regression was conducted to assess the associations between acculturation, age, marital status, education, and nativity with breastfeeding. Results: Mothers who were married/living with their partner had 2.3 greater odds (95% CI = 1.08, 4.73; p-value < 0.05) of breastfeeding than the mothers who were not in a relationship, and mothers who were born outside the US had 4 times greater odds of breastfeeding than mothers who were born in the US (95% CI = 1.178, 13.514; p-value < 0.05). No significant association was found for acculturation (OR = 1.13; 95% CI = 0.74, 1.7; p-value = > 0.05), maternal age (OR = 1.01; 95%; CI = 0.96, 1.07; p-value = > 0.05) and education (OR = 0.81; 95% CI = 0.37, 1.8; p-value = > 0.5). Conclusions: These findings suggest that a romantic partner may be supportive of breastfeeding, and foreign-born mothers may retain their cultural norm of breastfeeding. These results can be applied to develop a culturally tailored intervention to promote breastfeeding behavior.","journal":"Children","year":2025,"id":573223,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9577,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1322302,"name":"Brisa Rodriguez Alcantar","orcid":"0009-0005-2751-6001","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":104596,"name":"Marı́a Elena Martı́nez","orcid":"0000-0002-6728-1834","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":426789,"name":"Christopher Johansen","orcid":"0000-0002-7501-0970","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1322301,"name":"Liliana Davalos","orcid":"0009-0005-0644-6358","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":38,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:57:32.445190Z","pmid":"41006974","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}