Racial Disparities in Access to Maternity Care Practices That Support Breastfeeding — United States, 2011 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) Despite the well documented health benefits of breastfeeding (1), initiation of breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration rates among black infants in the United States are approximately 16% lower than among whites (2). Although many […]![]()
