Changing Disparities in Breast-Feeding

In a California Healthline report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed the effort to raise the rate of breast-feeding, particularly among women of color. Latino and African-American women have much lower rates of breast-feeding, and a new law urges hospitals to adopt practices that might increase those breast-feeding rates. The question is, given the limited amount of time women spend in the hospital after birth, how effective will those new rules be?

The report includes comments from:

Jan Emerson-Shea, vice president of external affairs at the California Hospital Association;
Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, executive director of the California Breastfeeding Coalition;
Monique Sims-Harper, a certified lactation consultant and manager of the Women and Infant Children program in Contra Costa County; and
Nancy Wight, a neonatologist in San Diego (Goldberg, California Healthline, 1/13).

You can download a PDF of this report.

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<h1>Changing Disparities in Breast-Feeding</h1>
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			January 14, 2016		</time>
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<p>In a <em>California Healthline</em> report by Kenny Goldberg, experts discussed the effort to raise the rate of breast-feeding, particularly among women of color. Latino and African-American women have much lower rates of breast-feeding, and a new law urges hospitals to adopt practices that might increase those breast-feeding rates. The question is, given the limited amount of time women spend in the hospital after birth, how effective will those new rules be?</p><p>The report includes comments from:</p><ul><li>Jan Emerson-Shea, vice president of external affairs at the California Hospital Association;</li><li>Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, executive director of the California Breastfeeding Coalition;</li><li>Monique Sims-Harper, a certified lactation consultant and manager of the Women and Infant Children program in Contra Costa County; and</li><li>Nancy Wight, a neonatologist in San Diego (Goldberg, <em>California Healthline</em>, 1/13).</li></ul><p>You can <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/legacy/0F040F14-E452-4D0B-B415-A0F4141BFA79">download a PDF</a> of this report.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/changing-disparities-in-breast-feeding/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/changing-disparities-in-breast-feeding/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/changing-disparities-in-breast-feeding/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Changing%20Disparities%20in%20Breast-Feeding&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fchanging-disparities-in-breast-feeding%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/changing-disparities-in-breast-feeding/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/changing-disparities-in-breast-feeding/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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