This article's aim is to review the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding
rates and practices, address barriers to breastfeeding among minority women, conduct a …

This article reviews evidence for re-conceptualizing acculturation status and acculturation
process in health care research with United States (US) Latino populations. Prior literature …

In this systematic review we sought to identify how the public health literature focusing on
Hispanic populations in the United States defined and measured the concept of …

Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the US and will become 25% of the
population by 2050. The purpose of this critical review is to examine the influence of …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of nutrition knowledge, food label use, and food
intake patterns among Latinas with and without diagnosed diabetes. DESIGN: This was a …

OBJECTIVES. Previous research has shown substantial racial/ethnic and socioeconomic
disparities in US breastfeeding initiation and duration rates. However, the role of immigrant …

Objectives To examine the independent association of food insecurity with type 2 diabetes
(T2D), and to identify the T2D risk factors related to food insecurity among Latinas. Methods …

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 …

Social capital has been shown to be positively associated with a range of health outcomes,
yet no studies have explored the association between maternal social capital and child …

Background: Perinatal mood disorders affect up to 20% of women in the United States. Little
is known about how disorders in maternal mood may affect rates of breastfeeding. Objective …