Background & Aims - Through pregnancy, women are strongly encouraged to breastfeed. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that breastfeeding begins within the first hour …
Background: A growing gap in exclusive breastfeeding across racial/ethnic groups in the United States includes a very low proportion of African American/Black women, with only …
Background: Breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity among Black Non-Hispanic mothers remains suboptimal compared to their counter parts, White Non-Hispanic mothers. This implies Black Non-Hispanic mothers …
Breastfeeding is beneficial to both mothers and infants, including low birthweight infants. Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Exclusive …