التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
A comparison of breastfeeding rates in an urban birth cohort among women delivering infants at hospitals that employ and do not employ lactation consultants. |
| المؤلفون: |
Castrucci BC, Hoover KL, Lim S, Maus KC |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Public Health Management & Practice; Nov/Dec2006, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p578-585, 8p |
| مستخلص: |
OBJECTIVE: To compare rates of breastfeeding at hospital discharge between facilities that employ and do not employ International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). METHODS: This study used a cross-sectional design. Data from 11,525 birth certificates of Philadelphia residents who delivered in 2003 were used. Breastfeeding was assessed using a question included on the Pennsylvania birth record, 'Is the infant being breastfed at discharge?' The Philadelphia Department of Public Health's lactation consultants collected information on number of hours worked annually by IBCLCs by facility. RESULTS: After adjusting for race/ethnicity, education, insurance status, age, marital status, route of delivery, birth weight, and gestational age, delivering in a hospital that employed an IBCLC was associated with a 2.28 (95% confidence interval [CI] =1.98,2.62) times increase in the odds of breastfeeding at hospital discharge. Among women receiving Medicaid, delivering at a hospital that employed IBCLCs was associated with a 4.13 (95% CI =3.22,4.80) times increase in the odds of breastfeeding at hospital discharge. CONCLUSIONS: The findings presented here identify an association between delivering at a facility that employs IBCLCs and breastfeeding at hospital discharge. As the strength of this association is not negligible, particularly for women on Medicaid, these findings may be used to encourage widespread use of IBCLCs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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