Work as an Understudied Driver of Racial Inequities in Breastfeeding

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• Alternative Title:
  New Solut
• Personal Author:
  Whitley, Margaret ; Banks, Ashley
• Description:
  Breastfeeding inequities by race are a persistent public health problem in the United States. Inequities in occupation and working conditions likely contribute to relatively less breastfeeding among Black compared to White mothers, yet little research has addressed these interrelationships. Here, we offer a critical review of the literature and a conceptual framework to guide future research about work and racial inequities in breastfeeding. There is a strong public health case for promoting breastfeeding equity for mothers across race groups and occupation types. Existing theory suggests that employment opportunities and working conditions are a likely pathway that connects structural racism to Black-White breastfeeding inequities, in addition to other known factors. We propose a new conceptual model for studying the interrelationships among work, race, and breastfeeding outcomes.
• Subjects:
  Breast Feeding Female Humans Public Health Racial Groups Racism United States
• Keywords:
  Breastfeeding Equity Racism Working Conditions
• Source:
  New Solut. 32(3):189-200
• Pubmed ID:
  36113131
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9703873
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P2C HD041028/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008412/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:474b4ff8a292c0f5e9f74da4f51f2c989df04619649bbce81b2be5c3482a0356d222a974e5f26be390dbb9dbd85e21ad9377e589edcf04638b1e8658974c58fc
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