Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine), Christopher Johansen (Social and Behavioral Health), Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Sidath Kapukotuwa, Liliana Davalos, Laurencia Bonsu (all Social and Behavioral Health) published an article titled, “Theory-based antecedents of breastfeeding among pregnant women in the United States” in the journal, Health Promotion Perspectives (Impact Factor 4.4). The article validated the constructs from Sharma’s multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavioral change in explaining breastfeeding behavior. It will pave the way for designing evidence-based breastfeeding promotion interventions. Kapukotuwa, Davalos, and Bonsu are graduate students.
