OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of the literature documenting racial/ethnic
disparities in quality of care for infants in the NICU setting. DATA SOURCES …

Human milk (HM, milk from the infant's own mother) feedings during the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU) hospitalization represent a cost-effective strategy to reduce disease burden …

Very low birth weight (VLBW;< 1500 g birth weight) infants are substantially more likely to be
born to black than to non-black mothers, predisposing them to potentially preventable …

Background: Disparities in breastfeeding (BF) continue to be a public health challenge, as
currently only 42% of infants in the world and 25.6% of infants in the United States are …

Importance Human milk confers important health benefits to very low-birth-weight (VLBW)
infants (≤ 1500 g). The extent to which the use of human milk has changed over time and …

Background Despite high initiation rates for mother's own milk (MOM) provision, MOM
feeding at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) drops precipitously and …

Objective To examine the extent to which maternal race/ethnicity is associated with mother's
milk use among hospitalized very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and maternal receipt of …

Background: While black mothers initiate human milk (HM) provision at lower rates than non-
black mothers in the United States, some neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) report …

Breastfeeding is critical for the healthy growth and development of infants. A diverse range
of infant-feeding methods are used around the world today. Many methods involve feeding …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the use of pasteurized
donor human milk (PDHM) by maternal race–ethnicity during postpartum hospitalization …