The campaign is part of national efforts to increase breastfeeding initiation and
duration rates among African American women.
Despite the well documented health benefits of breastfeeding (1), initiation of breastfeeding and breastfeeding
duration rates among black infants in the United States are approximately 16 % lower than among whites (2).
Peer counseling programs have successfully raised breastfeeding rates among term infants in low - income families in a range of settings.13 - 19 The objective of this study was to determine whether peer counselors improve breastfeeding
duration rates among premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Not exact matches
Results suggest clear medical advantages of water birthing: significantly shorter labor
duration among the primiparae; a net reduction in episiotomy
rates; and a marked drop in requests for pain relievers.
The
rate of breastfeeding mothers was higher
among foreign citizens (89.4 % vs. 84.6 % of Italian mothers), as well as the
duration of breastfeeding, which was 9.2 months on average
among foreign mothers and 8.1
among Italian mothers.
Over the past decade, national estimates of breastfeeding initiation and
duration have consistently improved
among both non-Hispanic black (black) and non-Hispanic white (white) infants; however, differences in breastfeeding
rates by race have persisted.
Of note, our models may underestimate the true maternal costs of suboptimal breastfeeding; we modeled the effects of lactation on only five maternal health conditions despite data linking lactation with other maternal health outcomes.46 In addition, women in our model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent
among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and
rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the
duration of lactation's effect on both diabetes and MI.
This is one explanation for why developed countries, whose mothers breastfeed for shorter
durations (or not at all) and have fewer children in their lifetimes, have higher
rates of breast cancer
among their populations.
Our study documented lower
rates of overweight
among children who were breastfed for longer
durations.
The initiative was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1993, but, although improvements have been reported, 3
rates of breast feeding in the UK are still
among the lowest in the world.4 5 Recent reports from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) urge NHS units to become baby friendly to improve
rates of breast feeding and save money.4 6 Data from the millennium cohort study, however, show that though participating maternity units in the UK increased
rates of initiation of breastfeeding,
duration did not increase.5 Other strategies are therefore required to support mothers in the UK to breast feed for the recommended time.
However, since we are all different and our metabolic
rate differs, the
duration upon which you see any improvements might differ
among different individuals.
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Besides great chances of approval, competition
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Among available reports, DOCC (versus EUC) providers reported more hours of service, longer
duration of treatment, more outpatient work with the child and caregiver, and lower
rates of referral.
Home ownership
rates rise with the
duration of residence, and is concentrated
among foreign - born who have lived in Canada for 10 years or more, reflecting the time needed to accumulate the necessary savings, it says.