Breastfeeding Trends by Race/Ethnicity Among US Children Born From 2009 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Large racial/ethnic disparities in breastfeeding are associated with adverse health outcomes.

Objectives

To examine breastfeeding trends by race/ethnicity from 2009 to 2015 and changes in breastfeeding gaps comparing racial/ethnic subgroups with white infants from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015.

Design, setting, and participants

This study used data from 167 842 infants from the National Immunization Survey-Child (NIS-Child), a random-digit-dialed telephone survey among a complex, stratified, multistage probability sample of US households with children aged 19 to 35 months at the time of the survey. This study analyzed data collected from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2017, for children born between 2009 and 2015.

Exposures

Child's race/ethnicity cat

SUBMITTER: Li R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802058 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature