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TL;DR
Participants attributed infant death largely to illness and fatalistic beliefs, with a fatalistic mindset limiting acknowledgment of behavioral and environmental risk factors such as smoking, diet, stress, and safe sleep practices.
Women's Health Reports · 6 authors, 3 centres
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Participants attributed infant death largely to illness and fatalistic beliefs, with a fatalistic mindset limiting acknowledgment of behavioral and environmental risk factors such as smoking, diet, stress, and safe sleep practices.
Participants attributed infant death largely to illness and fatalistic beliefs, with a fatalistic mindset limiting acknowledgment of behavioral and environmental risk factors such as smoking, diet, stress, and safe sleep practices. No participants indicated awareness of preventive measures to reduce sudden unexpected infant death risk. Limitations include the small sample size, single geographical location, and unknown generalizability to other African American populations.