Changes in Breastfeeding Attitudes in a Metropolitan Community in Tennessee

Conclusion: Despite significantly lower breastfeeding rates among African Americans, this analysis revealed significant positive changes in attitudes regarding breastfeeding between 2004 and 2008, regardless of race. These changes in attitude coincided with increased breastfeeding initiation rates, suggesting that federal, state, and local breastfeeding promotion efforts had an effect.
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Research Source Type: research