141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Breastfeeding research posters: local and global themes in breastfeeding

Sunday, November 3, 2013: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This poster session provides participants with the opportunity to discuss new and emerging themes in breastfeeding research as well as review the impact of established breastfeeding practices in different population. Participants will engage in discussion with a variety of presenters whose expertise include the clinical impact of breastfeeding, population level determinants of breastfeeding, and economic/financial relationships to breastfeeding.
Session Objectives: Compare breastfeeding practices at the local and global levels Discuss maternal and family predictors of breastfeeding success Examine the impact of clinical interventions and practice on breastfeeding success
Organizers:
Kimberly Arcoleo, PhD, MPH , Lesley A. Cottrell, PhD , Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, MSN, FAAN and Briana Jegier, PhD, CLC

Board 1
Board 2
Relationship between social support and the initiation and success of breast milk expression among mothers of premature infants at social-environmental risk
Camille Fabiyi, MPH, PhD Candidate, Kristin M. Rankin, PhD, Rosemary White-Traut, PhD and Kathleen F. Norr, PhD
Board 3
Maternal smoking, breastfeeding, and risk of overweight and growth during infancy
Edmond D. Shenassa, ScD and Xiaozhong Wen, M.D.; Ph.D.
Board 6
Determinants of breastfeeding initiation and duration among employed women in the first year after childbirth
Rada Dagher, PhD, MPH, Patricia M. McGovern, PhD, MPH and Jesse Schold, Ph.D.
Board 7
Significant impact of kangaroo care on exclusive breastfeeding in a sample of hispanic mothers in Kentucky
Maria L. Gomez, DrPH, MPH., Ana Maria Linares, DNS, RN, IBCLC and Mark Dignan, PhD, MPH
Board 8
Decreasing in-hospital formula use improves breastfeeding outcomes but does not ameliorate the need for post-discharge follow-up support
Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, RD, IBCLC, Charla Payne, RN, IBCLC, Beth VonLuehrte, RN and Amy Risola, RN, C-EFM
Board 9
Breastfeeding in post-operative care for oral cleft patients
Haley Marie Raimondi, MA, Maryanne Koech, MPH candidate 2013, Dhara Kinariwala and Marissa L. Bond, MA
Board 10
Medicaid and intention to breastfeed
Jerrine Morris, MPH, Marilyn Stern, PhD, Gillian Leibach, MS and Saba Masho, MD, MPH, DrPH

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

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: International Health