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Breast-Feeding Rates at an Inner-City Pediatric Practice
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lydia.furman{at}uhhospitals.org.
Objective To determine rates of breast-feeding in the first 2 months of life at an inner-city pediatric practice. Methods Using retrospective chart reviews, we examined all visits through 2 months of age for infants seen from April 1, 2007, to June 29, 2007, at the Pediatric Practice of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, which serves a low-income urban population. Rates of breast-feeding were analyzed by visit number and by infant age category. Results We reviewed all 557 visits occurring between birth and 2 months of age for all 223 eligible infants. At visit 1 (median age 5 days), the rates of exclusive and any breast-feeding were 22.0% and 40.8%, respectively. By visit 3 (median age 43 days), the rates of exclusive and any breast-feeding were 10.6% and 24.5%, respectively. Conclusions These inner-city breast-feeding rates are substantially below reported regional and national rates. Barriers to implementing urgently needed interventions are discussed.
First published on July 22, 2008, doi:10.1177/0009922808320601 |
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