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17015498

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Among premature infants, formula feeding increases the risk for necrotizing enterocolitis, delayed brainstem maturation, decreased scoring on cognitive and developmental tests, and delayed visual development. With this in mind, many interventions are designed to increase breast milk consumption in preterm infants. Breastfeeding initiation rates among US premature infants are not collected nationally, however, and published data on breastfeeding rates in this population are limited. In addition, national surveys calculate breastfeeding rates among term infants according to maternal race/ethnicity, but maternal birthplace is not recorded. This is likely to be important, because breastfeeding is the cultural norm in the countries of origin for many non-US-born US residents. Massachusetts has a diverse racial/ethnic population, including many non-US-born women. The goals of this study were to compare breastfeeding initiation rates among preterm and term infants in Massachusetts in 2002 and to determine the effect of maternal race/ethnicity and birthplace on breastfeeding initiation rates among term and preterm infants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1098-4275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e1048-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Maternal birthplace and breastfeeding initiation among term and preterm infants: a statewide assessment for Massachusetts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. anne.merewood@bmc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study