Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 123-130 , August 2008

Influence of intention and self-efficacy levels on duration of breastfeeding for midwest rural mothers

  • Susan L. Wilhelm, RNC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska College of Nursing, West Nebraska Division, Scottsbluff, NE 69361, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 308 632 0412; fax: + 1 308 632 0415.
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  • T. Kim Rodehorst, RNC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska College of Nursing, West Nebraska Division, Scottsbluff, NE 69361, USA
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  • Mary Beth Flanders Stepans, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Wyoming, Faye Whitney School of Nursing, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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  • Melody Hertzog, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UNMC College of Nursing, Lincoln, NE, USA
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  • Cathy Berens, RN, MSN, APRN

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Practitioner, Casper, WY, USA

Received 1 May 2006 ,Revised 20 October 2006 ,Accepted 23 October 2006.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00136-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.10.005

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 123-130 , August 2008

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