2024
Maternal stress and breastfeeding outcomes in the NICU couplet care experience: a prospective cohort study
Doughty K, Nichols C, Henry C, Shabanova V, Taylor S. Maternal stress and breastfeeding outcomes in the NICU couplet care experience: a prospective cohort study. Journal Of Perinatology 2024, 44: 1624-1629. PMID: 38755256, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-024-02000-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeonatal intensive care unitProspective cohort studyBreastfeeding outcomesCouplet careCohort studyInfant length of stayNICU-related stressMaternal stressIntensive care unitLength of stayGestational ageInfant lengthStudy designWeMother-infant dyadsInfant feeding outcomesCare unitFeeding outcomesPostpartum careCare dyadsBreastfeedingCare experiencesTraditional careParent-infant relationshipMarital statusInfants
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
2020
Safety Aspects of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Maternal and Infant Vitamin D Supplementation by Feeding Type Through 7 Months Postpartum
Wagner CL, Hulsey TC, Ebeling M, Shary JR, Asghari G, Howard CR, Baatz JE, Newton DA, Wahlquist AE, Reed SG, Taylor SN, Lawrence RA, Hollis BW. Safety Aspects of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Maternal and Infant Vitamin D Supplementation by Feeding Type Through 7 Months Postpartum. Breastfeeding Medicine 2020, 15: 765-775. PMID: 32915638, PMCID: PMC7757584, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2020.0056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIU/dayVitamin D supplementationIU groupVitD sufficiencyD supplementationMonths postpartumTreatment groupsHigh-dose vitamin D supplementationInfant vitamin D supplementationSafety parametersDose vitamin D supplementationCessation of breastfeedingMother-infant pairsSpecific laboratory parametersInfant parametersFull breastfeedingLaboratory parametersPostpartum womenWeeks postpartumClinical trialsMonths 1InfantsPostpartumBreastfeedingCombination feeding
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