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Breastfeeding Exposure, Attitudes, and Intentions of African American and Caucasian College Students
Background: African American mothers lag behind in breastfeeding initiation. Research is needed to gain an understanding of potential reasons for breastfeeding disparities. Research aim: This study explored breastfeeding exposure, attitudes[...]Article : texte imprimé
Harumi Reis-Reilly, Auteur ; Nikia Fuller-Sankofa, Auteur ; Calondra Tibbs, Auteur |To improve equity in breastfeeding rates and eliminate breastfeeding disparities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity in 2014 funded the National Association of County and City He[...]Article : texte imprimé
RO Meyerink, Auteur ; GS Marquis, Auteur |To gain perspective on breastfeeding initiation and duration among poor women in the south-eastern United States, the authors interviewed a random sample of 150 mothers (93% African American) at a county health clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. For[...]Article : texte imprimé
Breastfeeding Medicine is thus honored to be dedicating this special issue, as part of Black History month, to focus on this continuing scar of the U.S. society in general and its health care system in particular. Guest edited by Dr. Sahira Long[...]Article : texte imprimé
Substantial racial disparities accounted for 66% of non-Hispanic Black mothers initiating breastfeeding in 2015 compared with 83% of non-Hispanic white mothers and 87% of Hispanic mothers in Tennessee. Created in 2015, Breastfeeding Sisters That[...]Article : texte imprimé
Simonne S. Nouer, Auteur ; Julie L. Ware, Auteur ; Katherine M. Baldwin, Auteur |Background: The Southern United States has low breastfeeding rates, particularly among African Americans. Breastfeeding rates are influenced by community attitudes and norms. Objective: This study aimed to examine changes in breastfeeding a[...]Article : texte imprimé
Gail C. Christopher, Auteur ; Joanne K. Krell, Auteur |We've seen the headlines in the media: The Mommy Wars, A Woman's Right to Choose (Not to Breastfeed), and The Case Against Breastfeeding, among others. These headlines are focused on the individual mother and the notion of choice, pitting [...]Article : texte imprimé
Doris Browne, Auteur |For the first time in our history, the United States is raising a generation of children who may have sicker, shorter lives than their parents.1 Therefore, we must act now to reverse this trend. The health of a nation is gauged by its infant [...]Article : texte imprimé
How can we encourage breastfeeding among our most vulnerable mothers and infants? Breastfeeding advocates have struggled with this question for decades. This issue of Breastfeeding Medicine contains three important articles that examine the issu[...]Article : texte imprimé
Alison M. Stuebe, Auteur ; Karen Bonuck, Auteur ; Reuben Adatorwovor, Auteur |Background: Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their infants are at increased risk of developing metabolic disease; however, longer breastfeeding is associated with a reduction in these risks. We tested an intervention to increas[...]Article : texte imprimé
Dalvery Bakewell, Auteur ; Erica Morrell, Auteur |Background Millions of people today live in contaminated environments. Often, these environments disproportionately affect nonwhite, racialized families who are low-income, pregnant, and/or feeding young children. Despite the overwhelming recog[...]Article : texte imprimé
Rebecca J. Mercier, Auteur ; Theresa Adeliyi Burcher, Auteur ; Rachel Horowitz, Auteur |Background: While breastfeeding rates have been increasing in the United States, they remain below targets set by multiple public health organizations. Lower rates are associated with certain demographic groups. We performed a retrospective char[...]Article : texte imprimé
Disparities in maternal and child health begin even before the baby is born. I see this every day as a pediatrician. During pregnancy, black women are three to four times more likely to die as a result of their pregnancy as compared with white w[...]Article : texte imprimé
Adam K. Lewkowitz, Auteur ; Julia D. López, Auteur ; Richard I. Stein, Auteur |Background: Socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) African American women with overweight or obesity are less likely to breastfeed. Objective: To test whether a home-based lifestyle intervention impacts breastfeeding initiation rates in SED Af[...]Article : texte imprimé
Kelley L. Baumgartel, Auteur ; Maureen W. Groer, Auteur ; Susan M Cohen, Auteur |Background: Breast milk concentrations of immune components are variable between women and interleukin (IL) differences may be associated with infant outcomes. Molecular mechanisms for milk variability remain unknown. Objective: The aims we[...]