Breastfeeding in Socio-Experiential Context
Contact details
Author:
Kate O'Hara
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Stirling
k.a.ohara@stir.ac.uk
@Kate_OHara_
Supervisor for this project:
Ben Matthews
ben.matthews@stir.ac.uk
Project details
"Breastfeeding in Socio-experiential context" is my MSc dissertation research project, conducted under the supervision of Dr Ben Matthews at the University of Stirling between September 2020 and September 2022. The aim of the project was to create a descriptive analysis of early breastfeeding in Scotland, with particular attention to the role of social environment and previous breastfeeding experience as contexts for the individual breastfeeding attempt.
References
Dataset
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Talk - "Breastfeeding in socio-experiential context - a multilevel and intersectional perspective"
Social Stratification Research Seminar, 30th August 2023, University of Stirling