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Maternal and Child Health Journal
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal 4/2008

01-07-2008

A Practical Intervention to Increase Breastfeeding Initiation Among Cambodian Women in the US

Authors: Sharon Galvin, Xena Grossman, Lori Feldman-Winter, Jana Chaudhuri, Anne Merewood

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 4/2008

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Abstract

Cambodians have the lowest breastfeeding initiation rate of any racial/ethnic group in Massachusetts. One barrier to breastfeeding is a lack of hospital foods that allow women to follow a traditional diet postpartum. We examined whether a culturally acceptable menu for new Cambodian mothers would increase breastfeeding initiation in the hospital. After a staff training program on breastfeeding, and the creation of a Cambodian menu, initiation rates increased significantly more in Cambodians than in non-Cambodians. Pre intervention, breastfeeding initiation was 16.7% (2/12) among Cambodians, compared to 60.6% (106/175) among non-Cambodians (P = 0.003). Post intervention, there was no significant difference between breastfeeding initiation rates among Cambodian women (66.7%; 8/12) compared to non-Cambodians (68.9%; 104/151) (P = 0.874).
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Metadata
Title
A Practical Intervention to Increase Breastfeeding Initiation Among Cambodian Women in the US
Authors
Sharon Galvin
Xena Grossman
Lori Feldman-Winter
Jana Chaudhuri
Anne Merewood
Publication date
01-07-2008
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Maternal and Child Health Journal / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-007-0263-7

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