Racial Disparities in Sustaining Breastfeeding in a Baby-Friendly Designated Southeastern United States Hospital: An Opportunity to Investigate Systemic Racism
Hemingway S, Forson-Dare Z, Ebeling M, Taylor SN. Racial Disparities in Sustaining Breastfeeding in a Baby-Friendly Designated Southeastern United States Hospital: An Opportunity to Investigate Systemic Racism. Breastfeeding Medicine 2021, 16: 150-155. PMID: 33539272, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2020.0306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaby-Friendly Hospital InitiativeBFHI implementationHospital breastfeedingRacial disparitiesPerinatal Information System databaseUnited States hospitalsBlack womenEvidence-based programsSustain breastfeedingMedical comorbiditiesU.S. academic centersHospital dischargePatient demographicsHospital InitiativeBreastfeeding ratesSustained breastfeedingInformation System databaseBreastfeedingAcademic centersState HospitalStandardized protocolHealth careBlack mothersLower ratesSystem database