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Background: Breastfeeding (BF) provides optimal nutrition during the first 6 mo of life and is associated with reduced infant mortality and several health benefits for children and mothers. However, not all infants in the United States are breastfed, and sociodemographic disparities exist in BF rates. Experiencing more BF-friendly maternity care practices at the hospital is associated with better BF outcomes, but limited research has examined this association among mothers enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), a population at risk of low BF rates.
Objectives: We assessed the association between BF-related hospital practices (rooming-in, support from hospital staff, and provision of a pro-formula gift pack) and the odds of any or exclusive BF through 5 mo among infants and mothers enrolled in WIC.
Methods: We analyzed data from the WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study II, a nationally representative cohort of children and caregivers enrolled in WIC. Exposures included maternal experience of hospital practices reported at 1 mo postpartum, and BF outcomes were surveyed at 1, 3, and 5 mo. ORs and 95% CIs were obtained using survey-weighted logistic regression, adjusting for covariates.
Results: Rooming-in and strong hospital staff support were associated with higher odds of any BF at 1, 3, and 5 mo postpartum. Provision of a pro-formula gift pack was negatively associated with any BF at all time points and with exclusive BF at 1 mo. Each additional BF-friendly hospital practice experienced was associated with 47% to 85% higher odds of any BF over the first 5 mo and 31% to 36% higher odds of exclusive BF over the first 3 mo.
Conclusions: Exposure to BF-friendly hospital practices was associated with BF beyond the hospital stay. Expanding BF-friendly policies at the hospital could increase BF rates in the United States WIC-served population.
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