5020.0 Factors Associated With Improved Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Poster
This poster session features presentations about a variety of factors that influence breastfeeding initiation and durations including provider support, maternal BMI, father support and much more.
Session Objectives: Describe the factors associated with improved breastfeeding initiation and duration. Discuss "best implementation practices" for interventions that can improve breastfeeding initiation and duration.
Organizer:
Briana Jegier, PhD, CLC

Board 1
Increasing breastfeeding through male partner-focused interventions: A systematic review
Kristen Mitchell-Box, DrPH, MSPH, MPH and Kathryn L. Braun, DrPH
Board 2
Association between intrapartum practices and breastfeeding duration among Hong Kong mothers
Dorothy Li Bai, MBBS, Kendra M. Wu, MSE MMedSc, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, PhD and Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD
  
Board 3
Previous breastfeeding experience and breastfeeding duration among multiparous Hong Kong mothers
Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD, Dorothy Li Bai, MBBS, Kendra M. Wu, MSE MMedSc, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, PhD and Joan E. Dodgson, RN MPH PhD
  
Board 4
Pre-pregnancy Obesity and Breastfeeding Practices: Differences by Race/Ethnicity: Findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Survey
Stacy Sun, MS and Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH
Board 5
Providers' Help/ Encouragement, Maternal Body Mass Index, and Breastfeeding Initiation: Findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Project
Stacy Sun, MS and Shin Margaret Chao, PhD, MPH
Board 6
Trends in Breastfeeding Practices in Los Angeles County (1999-2011)
Gigi Mathew, DrPH, MPH
Board 7
Disparities in breastfeeding practices by children's health needs in the United States
Cambria Wilhelm, MPH, Elizabeth Adams, PhD, RD, Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH and Jodi A. Lapidus, PhD
  
Board 8
Prenatal Feeding Intentions among Low Income Smoke Exposed Women
Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD and Kristen L. McCausland, MPH, MSW
Board 9
Provider Training and Breastfeeding: Impact of the Carolina Child Care Ten Steps and job-aids
Barbara Maclay Cameron, MA, MSW, Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, IBCLC, FABM, Rachel Scheckter, Tamar Ringel-Kulka, MD, MPH, Jonathan B. Kotch, MD, MPH and Amy Peterson, RN

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Breastfeeding Forum, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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