• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in
infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in
higher rates of
infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding
experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding
rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers