Retention and the Intersection of Structural Inequities in a Breastfeeding Intervention Study.

Helen Wilde LaPlantConfidence Francis-EdoziunoZhe GuanTumilara AderibigbeXiaolin ChangAshwag Saad AlhabodalKristen DelaneyDana ScottMary Marshall-CrimIdelisa FreytesWendy A HendersonStephen WalshRuth F Lucas

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

Retention in breastfeeding studies impacts breastfeeding duration, a key lifelong preventative health behavior. Despite accessible study design, retention of women desiring to breastfeed was adversely affected by the intersection of income, race and ethnicity, and age.

Keyphrases

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