2021
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
2016
The Impact in the United States of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on Early Infant Health and Breastfeeding Outcomes
Munn AC, Newman SD, Mueller M, Phillips SM, Taylor SN. The Impact in the United States of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on Early Infant Health and Breastfeeding Outcomes. Breastfeeding Medicine 2016, 11: 222-230. PMID: 27082284, PMCID: PMC4921952, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2015.0135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaby-Friendly Hospital InitiativeBaby-Friendly practicesInfant health outcomesHealth outcomesBreastfeeding decisionsHospital InitiativeBreastfeeding supportLate premature infantsPostnatal breastfeeding supportHospital organizational factorsPremature infantsSuccessful breastfeedingBreastfeeding outcomesProvider factorsPoor outcomeInfant healthPrenatal educationSocial ecological modelReview supportMultilevel factorsOutcomesSystem factorsMothers' experiencesUnited StatesBreastfeeding