Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and a leading cause of death from
cancer among US women. Studies have suggested that breastfeeding reduces breast …

Background Enhancing breastfeeding self-efficacy and intention is crucial for successful
breastfeeding. Educational interventions highlighting breastfeeding self-efficacy and …

Introduction Although breastfeeding has been shown to improve health outcomes for infants,
African American women initiate and continue breastfeeding at lower rates than women from …

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 …

Background: Disparities in breastfeeding (BF) continue to be a public health challenge, as
currently only 42% of infants in the world and 25.6% of infants in the United States are …

Background Breastfeeding education programs are necessary to prepare healthcare
students to address the breastfeeding needs of families. Various breastfeeding educational …

Background: Lack of breastfeeding support is a common barrier reported by African
American mothers, whose breastfeeding rates remain significantly below the national …

Background Evidence suggests that inadequate hospital practices, as well as sociocultural
and community factors have detrimental effects on timely initiation as the first breastfeed …

Background Breastfeeding rates are lower for black women in the USA compared with other
groups. Breastfeeding and lactation are sensitive time points in the life course, centering …

Background Timely initiation of breastfeeding is feeding of breast milk within one hour of
birth, however, three in five babies were not breastfed in the first hour of birth globally. There …