Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Milk Intake at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge among Very Low Birth Weight Infants in California.
J Pediatr
; 218: 49-56.e3, 2020 03.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31843218
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine how infant and maternal factors, hospital factors, and neighborhood-level factors impact or modify racial/ethnic disparities in human milk intake at hospital discharge among very low birth weight infants. STUDYDESIGN:
We studied 14 422 infants from 119 California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative neonatal intensive care units born from 2008 to 2011. Maternal addresses were linked to 2010 census tract data, representing neighborhoods. We tested for associations with receiving no human milk at discharge, using multilevel cross-classified models.RESULTS:
Compared with non-Hispanic whites, the adjusted odds of no human milk at discharge was higher among non-Hispanic blacks (aOR 1.33 [1.16-1.53]) and lower among Hispanics (aOR 0.83 [0.74-0.93]). Compared with infants of more educated white mothers, infants of less educated white, black, and Asian mothers had higher odds of no human milk at discharge, and infants of Hispanic mothers of all educational levels had similar odds as infants of more educated white mothers. Country of birth and neighborhood socioeconomic was also associated with disparities in human milk intake at discharge.CONCLUSIONS:
Non-Hispanic blacks had the highest and Hispanic infants the lowest odds of no human milk at discharge. Maternal education and country of birth were the biggest drivers of disparities in human milk intake, suggesting the need for targeted approaches of breastfeeding support.
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Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
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Etnicidade
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal
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Recém-Nascido de muito Baixo Peso
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Grupos Raciais
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Leite Humano
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá