TABLE 3.

Comparison of Qualitative Themes and Quotations between African-American and Hispanic mothers

African-American Women	Hispanic Women
Sleep Position
Safety (Prone position) Q1. “That's what I am afraid of, too. Like laying on his back. I did that a few times with the newest baby….(until one time, when) he was (making choking sounds) like he was choking and that scared me, you know. It was like he was trying to throw something up, but it was going all back down his throat… When I heard that, that really scared me and I just….cleaned him up, and rolled him on his stomach.” (36 year old single higher SES mother of 5 month old)	Safety (Supine position) Q3. “On his back. I think it's the best position based on what I have been told at the doctor's office. Sleeping on his side and stomach is dangerous because he can turn and suffocate.” (32 year old married, El Salvadoran mother of 1 month old)
Comfort (Prone position) Q2. “We tried. We slept him on his back for maybe almost a month, but it was just like he was uncomfortable.. .The next thing I know, he just likes to be on his stomach. And we noticed that he slept longer.. .And that's the way it's been, maybe about 2 months, since he was 2 months old, that he always slept on his stomach.” (36 year old married higher SES mother of 6 month old)	Comfort (Supine position) Q4. “I base it on whatever position gets him to sleep the longest through the night. At this time it's the position that I described….straight, On his back, propped on his back, on an incline.” (30 year old married, Peruvian mother of 2 month old)
Bedsharing
Convenience (Bedsharing) Q5. “He won't lay on his back, he won't lay on his side, but he'll lay on his stomach…And the things is, yea, and it's like if I lay him on his stomach, it's like ok, I gotta go in here and run in here, jump to make sure he is ok…so he sleeps with me.” (28 year old single lower SES mother of 2 month old)	Convenience (Not Bedsharing) Q6.“In my room, right next to us (in a crib) because right now he's sleeping 5 hours straight through the night and I always want to be next to him when I can be ready to breastfeed him.” (31 year old married, Peruvian mother of 2–1/2 month old)
Breastfeeding
Health Benefits for Infant (Breastfeeding) Q7. “I think it helps when, as far as the cold weather now. When he was a baby he didn't get sick as much as my friend's baby did. We had our babies 1 day apart. Her baby stayed sick and mine didn't. That's how my baby is now. Also, my cousin's baby and my baby were 5 days apart. She keeps getting sick. So, I think it helps their immune system when they are young but as far as the development of the brain, I think goes that plays, part of the mother teaching them with as far as what you teach your child.” (21 year old single, lower SES mother of 6 month old) Less Expensive (Breastfeeding) Q9. “I agree with breastfeeding because your baby stays healthy, he don't get sick and its easier, it's cheaper. You don't have to pay for it and it's always there.” (24 year old single, lower SES mother of 4 month old)	Health Benefits for Infant (Breastfeeding) Q8. “Yes, because science has tried to recreate what breastfeeding provides for the baby but they cannot recreate the immunological defenses it provides.” (29 year old single, El Salvadoran mother of 2 month old) Less Expensive (Breastfeeding) Ql0.“It saves me money and it's the best nutrients for my baby.” (23 year old married, El Salvadoran mother of 2 month old)
Roomsharing
Space (Roomsharing) Q11. “Because I don't have enough room where I'm at. I mean, once I get my own, then that'll be something different.” (24 year old single, lower SES mother of 4 month old)	Space (Roomsharing) Q12. “Because I'm breastfeed him and I did not have space to put the bassinet in my room since I have this huge dresser I need to get rid of to make room.” (37 year old married, Puerto Rican mother of 1 month old)
Convenience (Roomsharing) Q13. “My son has his own room but he's in the room with me now…that was like to help prevent SIDS because I could hear and check and make sure he's breathing, `cause he's right there versus, you know… like if he's down the hall, you know, even though you have the monitor, you know, it's not the exact same but if he's in the bassinet right beside me, I can just check him to make sure, you know, he's breathing…notice anything that was going wrong.” (37 year old single, higher SES mother of 2 month old)	Convenience (Roomsharing) Q14. “She does have a crib in my other child's room but I do not put her to sleep there because the room is too far away from my room and I want to be near her when she sleeps.” (35 year old single, Puerto Rican mother of 2 month old)
Reasons for Not Smoking
Safety (Not Smoking) Q15.“So basically I went my whole nine months without smoking or drinking…So once I found out I was pregnant and stuff, I left it alone. Because like I said, I didn't want no health problems and you know what I'm saying? And I wasn't even trying to make the same mistake my cousin did when she kept smoking and drinking and stuff. Now the baby got bad asthma and stuff. So you know, I just left it alone. Because like I said, it's going to always be on this earth; there's nothing that I'm missing. I want a healthy baby, well, babies.” (22 year old single, lower SES mother of a 4 month old)	Safety (Not Smoking) Q16. “No one smokes in my house, but if someone did bring someone else who does , they cannot smoke in my house and I would not allow them to carry my baby, even if they washed their hands.” (23 year old single, El Salvadoran mother of 2 month old)