Reducing Disparities in Breastfeeding: "Breast for Success" Excels a Second Time.

Breastfeeding is a key public health priority with known racial inequities. Despite the well-described and far-reaching health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and infants, rates of breastfeeding initiation, continuation, and exclusivity lag meaningfully among African American and Black (AA/B) women compared with other racial and ethnic groups due in main to current and historical structural racism. The study objective was to assess the replicability of Breast for Success (BFS) on breastfeeding rates among home-visited low-income predominantly AA/B mothers.

A Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding Mothers' Perspectives Regarding Lactation Support Services.

Although breastfeeding is widely accepted as beneficial, only half of U.S. mothers are breastfeeding at 6 months.

Latching Medical Students onto a Virtual Breastfeeding Elective During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To describe the implementation of a successful two-week virtual breastfeeding elective for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic and characterize student demographics, objective knowledge, and perspectives on breastfeeding before and after the elective. We adapted the Santa Rosa Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine breastfeeding residency curriculum to create a two-week virtual medical student elective using Kern's six steps of curriculum development and a competency-based education framework. Educational components included self-paced modules, shadowing experiences, and group didactics.

A Pilot Breastfeeding-Supportive Texting Program for African American and Black Mothers.

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended through age 6 months, and 24.9% of all U.S.