Disparities in Infant Nutrition: WIC Participation and Rates of Breastfeeding in Florida.

ABSTRACT: Being cognizant of the pronounced health advantages of breastfeeding for both the nursing mother and her infant, the breastfeeding dyad, we examined breastfeeding rates among Floridian women who gave birth from 2012 to 2014 (N = 639,052). We investigated the associations between breastfeeding initiation and WIC-based breastfeeding support (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), education level, and race and ethnicity. We compared the percentage of breastfeeding mothers between those in the WIC program and those who were not, and we compared breastfeeding rates across racial and ethnic groups. Consistent with previous reports, black newborns in this study were breastfed at lower rates than other racial groups, and WIC program participants were l

SUBMITTER: Buxbaum SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10253221 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature