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New study identifies best practices to improve breastfeeding in African American community – News-Medical.Net
An abundance of data underscore the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for the optimal health of infants, children, mothers, and society.
An abundance of data underscore the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for the optimal health of infants, children, mothers, and society. But while breastfeeding initiation rates have increased to more than 80% in the U.S., a disparity exists for African American mothers and infants. In this group, breastfeeding is initiated only about 69% of the time.
A new study to help identify the best strategies and practices to improve breastfeeding in the African American community leverages the opinions,…
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