Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation Among Sexual Minority Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify disparities in breastfeeding initiation and continuation among sexual minority women (SMW) and determine if known risk factors explain any observed disparities.

Methods

We used data from the 2006 to 2017 National Survey of Family Growth female pregnancy questionnaire. We measured sexual orientation using self-reported sexual identity and histories of same-sex sexual experiences reported by women (heterosexual-WSM [women who only reported sex with men]; heterosexual-WSW [women who reported sex with women]; bisexual, and lesbian. In total, we had 18,696 births that occurred within the last 10 years and used logistic and multinomial regression models to assess sexual orientation disparities in breastfeeding initiation and duration that clustered on women to

SUBMITTER: Jenkins V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317205 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature