Breastfeeding among Hispanic and Black Women: Barriers and Support

We describe barriers and supports for the practice of breastfeeding, with particular focus on Black and Hispanic women in the United States. We note that breastfeeding patterns reported by WIC agencies is highly variable across the country and within states. The global campaign to support breastfeed...

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Autores principales: Buxbaum, Sarah G, Arigbede, Olumide, Mathis, Arlesia, Close, Fran, Darling-Reed, Selina F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719645
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description We describe barriers and supports for the practice of breastfeeding, with particular focus on Black and Hispanic women in the United States. We note that breastfeeding patterns reported by WIC agencies is highly variable across the country and within states. The global campaign to support breastfeeding, Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, and its implementation in the US is described, as well as Healthy People goals and the mixture of policies across the US that provide incomplete support for breastfeeding mothers.
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spelling pubmed-105036892023-09-15 Breastfeeding among Hispanic and Black Women: Barriers and Support Buxbaum, Sarah G Arigbede, Olumide Mathis, Arlesia Close, Fran Darling-Reed, Selina F J Biomed Res Environ Sci Article We describe barriers and supports for the practice of breastfeeding, with particular focus on Black and Hispanic women in the United States. We note that breastfeeding patterns reported by WIC agencies is highly variable across the country and within states. The global campaign to support breastfeeding, Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, and its implementation in the US is described, as well as Healthy People goals and the mixture of policies across the US that provide incomplete support for breastfeeding mothers. 2023-08 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10503689/ /pubmed/37719645 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Distributed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
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