Inner-City Health Centers Could Do More To Boost Breastfeeding

"Breastfeeding is a hot topic. We know it is beneficial for most babies and that many are not getting breastfed," said lead study author Jessica Robbins, Ph.D., a public health epidemiologist with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Robbins and colleagues analyzed breast-feeding frequency of infants treated in eight inner-city Philadelphia health centers between June 2005 and May 2007, using data from infants' medical records. "Our study determined that it does matter what hospital a baby is born in and what health center it is later treated in," said Robbins...

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