Maternity Care Practices and Breastfeeding Intentions at One Month Among Low-Income Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternity care practices have been linked with higher chances of meeting breastfeeding intentions, but this relationship has not been examined using national data on US low-income women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Methods

Using data from the WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 on 1080 women who intended to breastfeed, we estimated risk ratios for associations between (1) each of 6 maternity care practices supportive of breastfeeding (breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth, showing mothers how to breastfeed, giving only breast milk, rooming-in, breastfeeding on demand, no pacifiers), (2) each practice adjusted for all other practices, and (3) total number of practices experienced with whe

SUBMITTER: Beauregard JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898506 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature