Purpose Despite recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American
Academy of Pediatrics to exclusively breastfeed infants for their first 6 months of life, 75% of …

Introduction Although breastfeeding has been shown to improve health outcomes for infants,
African American women initiate and continue breastfeeding at lower rates than women from …

Background Reducing infant mortality is a major public health goal. The potential impact of
breastfeeding on infant deaths is not well studied in the United States (US). Methods We …

The COVID‐19 pandemic and state violence converged in the US in 2020 highlighting the
uneven distribution of illness and death. In this article, we mobilize three bodies of literature …

Despite overall improvement in breastfeeding in the past 3 decades in the United States,
significant and alarming social disparities persist. Adverse social determinants of health are …

Purpose: Birth doulas support pregnant people during the perinatal period. Evidence of
doulas' positive impacts on pregnancy and birth outcomes, particularly among underserved …

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 …

Racism and childhood obesity are both pervasive factors adversely affecting the health and
wellbeing of children and adolescents in the United States. The association between racism …

Breastmilk is considered the optimal nutrition for newborns. US Black women continue to
have the lowest breastfeeding initiation and duration rates. This Perspective examines …

Background: Racial disparities in breastfeeding rates persist in the United States with Black
women having the lowest rates of initiation and continuation. A literature review attributes …