Background: Racial disparities in breastfeeding rates persist in the United States with Black
women having the lowest rates of initiation and continuation. A literature review attributes …

BACKGROUND: Race is a predictor of breastfeeding rates in the United States, and rates
are lowest among African American infants. Few studies have assessed changes in …

Despite the well documented health benefits of breastfeeding (1), initiation of breastfeeding
and breastfeeding duration rates among black infants in the United States are approximately …

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The existence of institutional oppression in the field of breastfeeding is not a matter of
conjecture. For example, research at the national level in the United States documents …

Introduction The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding are evidence‐based practices used
to improve breastfeeding outcomes, and most are to be implemented shortly after birth …

Background: Breastfeeding is protective of maternal and infant health across the life course.
Increasing breastfeeding rates in Black communities is an important public health strategy to …

Objective To equitably increase exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge among
obstetrician/gynecologist resident service clients by 20% over 8 weeks. Design This quality …

For African American (AA) families on Chicagoland's South Side who choose to breastfeed,
finding and receiving services needed to reach their goals are difficult. The disparities in …

Marked racial and ethnic disparities exist in infant feeding in the United States. Based on a
review of recent literature, this article examines current discrepancies between the 2020 …