‘Both parents should care for babies’: A cross-sectional cross-cultural comparison of adolescents’ breastfeeding intentions and the influence of shared-parenting beliefs

摘要

BackgroundMany young men and women expect to co-parent their newborn infant. This may have a positive or negative impact on decisions to breastfeed, which is an important health behaviour, influenced by cultural and psycho-social norms. We investigated the relationship between shared parenting, infant feeding beliefs and intentions in male and female (non-parent) adolescents, comparing Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland) with high breastfeeding rates with others with low rates (Scotland, USA).