Journal ArticleAnnual Review of Anthropology · October 23, 2023
This review examines anthropological contributions over the past decade to the biocultural processes and practices of lactation via the analytical pillars of colonialism, racial capitalism, and medicalization. The nexus of these three processes has been fo ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · October 2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breastfeeding (BF) practices in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is not well understood. Modifications in BF guidelines and delivery platforms for breastfeeding education during the COVID-19 pandemic are hypot ...
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Journal ArticleMedicine, conflict, and survival · June 2023
There are an estimated 4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq, mainly settled in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and yet few studies have documented the mental health of IDPs in the region. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the prevale ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · May 2023
BackgroundThe widespread use of breast pumps in the United States is a recent phenomenon that is reshaping how individuals understand and perceive lactation. In the 1990s, adequacy of milk supply was primarily measured indirectly by infant weight ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition · April 2023
Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, but significant gaps remain in our understanding of human milk biology. As part of addressing these gaps, the Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) Project Working Groups 1-4 i ...
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Journal ArticlePLOS global public health · January 2023
This study aimed to validate a translated and culturally adapted version of the Infant Feeding Intentions (IFI) Scale for use in Thailand. Prenatal breastfeeding intention is a strong indicator of breastfeeding initiation. The stronger the intention to bre ...
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Journal ArticleBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · November 2022
Background: Lactation support, defined here as the access to educational resources, supplies, mental health and psychosocial support, skilled lactation counseling, and peer support, has been identified as critical to optimal health outcomes f ...
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Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Prisoner Health · June 2, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of individuals receiving hormone therapy for menopause management and the prevalence of underlying conditions that may constrain options for pharmacologic menopause management in the prison context. Desig ...
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Journal ArticleBirth (Berkeley, Calif.) · June 2022
BackgroundThe effect of epidural/spinal anesthesia during labor on breastfeeding is unclear. Few studies had assessed whether or how medically assisted delivery (operative vaginal delivery or unscheduled cesarean birth) plays a mediating role. We ...
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Journal ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth · April 2022
BackgroundYazidi survivors of a 2014 genocidal attack by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have complex medical and mental health needs in the perinatal and postpartum period. Few studies have assessed perinatal mental hea ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · January 2022
The Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Operational Guidance (OG-IFE) gives direction on providing aid to meet infants' and young children's feeding needs in emergencies. Because of the risks associated with formula feeding, the OG-IFE provides l ...
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Journal ArticleHealth equity · January 2022
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the use of pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) by maternal race-ethnicity during postpartum hospitalization using electronic medical records (EMRs).Materials and methodsA re ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in sociology · January 2022
The United States is one of the few countries, and the only high-income country, that does not federally mandate protection of postpartum employment through paid postpartum maternity and family leave policies. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in sociology · January 2022
The U.S. is currently experiencing a formula shortage and an infant feeding crisis that began with a formula recall and the hospitalization of 4 infants, 2 of whom died. Since 1981, governments around the world have been calling for an end to blatant human ...
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Journal ArticleBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · June 2021
Background: Breastfeeding is protective of maternal and infant health across the life course. Increasing breastfeeding rates in Black communities is an important public health strategy to address maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. < ...
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Journal ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.) · March 2021
ObjectiveDespite increasing representation of older women in US jail and prison facilities, their menopause experiences and access to related care remain uncharacterized. Our objective is to explore the menopause experiences of women incarcerated ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · October 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided detailed guidance on the care of infants of women who are persons under investigation (PUI) or confirmed to have COVID-19. The guidance supports immediate post-partum mother-infant contact and breastfeeding ...
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Journal ArticleAnnual Review of Anthropology · October 23, 2023
This review examines anthropological contributions over the past decade to the biocultural processes and practices of lactation via the analytical pillars of colonialism, racial capitalism, and medicalization. The nexus of these three processes has been fo ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · October 2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breastfeeding (BF) practices in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is not well understood. Modifications in BF guidelines and delivery platforms for breastfeeding education during the COVID-19 pandemic are hypot ...
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Journal ArticleMedicine, conflict, and survival · June 2023
There are an estimated 4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq, mainly settled in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and yet few studies have documented the mental health of IDPs in the region. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the prevale ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · May 2023
BackgroundThe widespread use of breast pumps in the United States is a recent phenomenon that is reshaping how individuals understand and perceive lactation. In the 1990s, adequacy of milk supply was primarily measured indirectly by infant weight ...
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Journal ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition · April 2023
Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, but significant gaps remain in our understanding of human milk biology. As part of addressing these gaps, the Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) Project Working Groups 1-4 i ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticlePLOS global public health · January 2023
This study aimed to validate a translated and culturally adapted version of the Infant Feeding Intentions (IFI) Scale for use in Thailand. Prenatal breastfeeding intention is a strong indicator of breastfeeding initiation. The stronger the intention to bre ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · November 2022
Background: Lactation support, defined here as the access to educational resources, supplies, mental health and psychosocial support, skilled lactation counseling, and peer support, has been identified as critical to optimal health outcomes f ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Prisoner Health · June 2, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of individuals receiving hormone therapy for menopause management and the prevalence of underlying conditions that may constrain options for pharmacologic menopause management in the prison context. Desig ...
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Journal ArticleBirth (Berkeley, Calif.) · June 2022
BackgroundThe effect of epidural/spinal anesthesia during labor on breastfeeding is unclear. Few studies had assessed whether or how medically assisted delivery (operative vaginal delivery or unscheduled cesarean birth) plays a mediating role. We ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth · April 2022
BackgroundYazidi survivors of a 2014 genocidal attack by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have complex medical and mental health needs in the perinatal and postpartum period. Few studies have assessed perinatal mental hea ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · January 2022
The Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Operational Guidance (OG-IFE) gives direction on providing aid to meet infants' and young children's feeding needs in emergencies. Because of the risks associated with formula feeding, the OG-IFE provides l ...
Full textCite
Journal ArticleHealth equity · January 2022
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the use of pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) by maternal race-ethnicity during postpartum hospitalization using electronic medical records (EMRs).Materials and methodsA re ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in sociology · January 2022
The United States is one of the few countries, and the only high-income country, that does not federally mandate protection of postpartum employment through paid postpartum maternity and family leave policies. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U ...
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Journal ArticleFrontiers in sociology · January 2022
The U.S. is currently experiencing a formula shortage and an infant feeding crisis that began with a formula recall and the hospitalization of 4 infants, 2 of whom died. Since 1981, governments around the world have been calling for an end to blatant human ...
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Journal ArticleBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · June 2021
Background: Breastfeeding is protective of maternal and infant health across the life course. Increasing breastfeeding rates in Black communities is an important public health strategy to address maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. < ...
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Journal ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.) · March 2021
ObjectiveDespite increasing representation of older women in US jail and prison facilities, their menopause experiences and access to related care remain uncharacterized. Our objective is to explore the menopause experiences of women incarcerated ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · October 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided detailed guidance on the care of infants of women who are persons under investigation (PUI) or confirmed to have COVID-19. The guidance supports immediate post-partum mother-infant contact and breastfeeding ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · January 2020
The prevalence of infants born before 37 weeks of gestation continues to rise in the United States. Advances in neonatology have led to improved survival rates among preterm infants, including those born at a very-low-birth-weight (VLBW). Exclusive human m ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2020
Cooperative care of infants is theorised as a critically important social behaviour with profound implications for human evolution. Allomaternal nursing in humans is one part of this evolutionary cooperative care package. Shared investment in the provision ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · August 2019
Breastfeeding is critical for the healthy growth and development of infants. A diverse range of infant-feeding methods are used around the world today. Many methods involve feeding infants with expressed human milk obtained through human milk exchange. Hum ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · December 2018
Expressed human milk can be donated or sold through a variety of channels, including human milk banks, corporations or individuals, or peer-to-peer milk sharing. There is a paucity of research regarding the nutrient and bioactive profiles of expressed huma ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · December 2018
Breastfeeding is critical to maternal and infant health. Psychosocial factors are associated with lactation outcomes, and perinatal mood disorders (PMDs) are often linked with breastfeeding difficulties and early, unexpected weaning. Parents may utilize hu ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · November 2016
Recent public health breastfeeding promotion efforts have galvanized media debates about breastfeeding in wealthy, Euro-American settings. A growing body of research demonstrates that while breastfeeding is increasingly viewed as important for health, moth ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · May 2016
BackgroundLactating women in the United States have several options for what they do with excess breast milk, including donating to milk banks that serve medically fragile infants, sharing directly with families seeking milk, and selling to indivi ...
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Journal ArticleMaternal & child nutrition · April 2016
The primary objective of this study is to describe human milk sharing practices in the U.S. Specifically, we examine milk sharing social networks, donor compensation, the prevalence of anonymous milk sharing interactions, recipients' concerns about specifi ...
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Journal ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982) · December 2014
Women in the U.S. face significant structural constraints in attempting to breastfeed as recommended in the first six months of their child's life. Internet-facilitated human milk sharing is an emergent response to breastfeeding challenges. Little is known ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health · August 2012
An understanding of health beliefs is key to creating culturally appropriate health services for Hispanic populations in the US. In this study we explore age-based variations in causal beliefs for heart disease and diabetes among Mexican origin adults in H ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of nutrition education and behavior · May 2011
ObjectiveTo assess beliefs about the role of diet in cancer prevention among individuals considering genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome.DesignFamily-centered, cascade recruitment; baseline assessment of a longitudinal study.Setting
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Journal ArticleJournal of genetic counseling · October 2010
This study explores the social context of hereditary cancer risk perception in three families, an African-American family, a Mexican-American family, and a Caucasian family, each with Lynch Syndrome documented by a mismatch repair gene mutation. Communicat ...
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Journal ArticleThe Gerontologist · August 2009
PurposeThis study evaluates the changes in social networks of older and younger breast cancer patients over a 6-month period following their first diagnosis and how such modifications are associated with changes in the patients' mood state.Des ...
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