Impact of breastfeeding interventions among United States minority women on breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the U.S., strong ethnic/racial, socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic breastfeeding (BF) inequities persist, and African American and Hispanic women are less likely to meet their breastfeeding goals compared to White women. This systematic review (SR) was designed to answer the question: What is the impact of breastfeeding interventions targeting ethnic/racial minority women in the U.S. on improving BF initiation, duration and exclusivity rates?

Methods

The SR was conducted following the Institute of Medicine Guidelines and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist. The study protocol was developed and registered a priori in PROSPERO (ID#CRD42020177764). The electronical databases searched was MEDLINE All (Ovid). Sear

SUBMITTER: Segura-Perez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7936442 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature