ArticleClinical pediatrics2015
Breastfeeding in African Americans may not depend on sleep arrangement: a mixed-methods study.
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- Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Bedsharing on Breastfeeding Rates and Duration for African-American Infants.Journal of community health · 2017Trial
- Mixed Methods Studies on Breastfeeding: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Beyond the rules: an integrative review of parental perspectives on safer infant sleep in shared environments.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment (BAE): A Black Women-Led Approach to Promoting a Multigenerational Culture of Health.Societies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite high bedsharing rates, breastfeeding rates are low among African Americans.
objectiveDescribe the association between breastfeeding and bedsharing; elucidate barriers to breastfeeding in African Americans.
methodsAfrican American mothers with infants <6 months were recruited for this cross-sectional, mixed-methods study and completed an infant care practices survey. A subgroup participated in focus groups or individual interviews.
resultsA total of 412 completed the survey; 83 participated in a focus group or interview. Lower socioeconomic status mothers were more likely to breastfeed exclusively or at all if they bedshared (P = .02 and P = .01, respectively). Bedsharing was not associated with breastfeeding among higher socioeconomic status mothers. Breast pain, lack of support, and maternal skepticism about breastfeeding benefits were barriers; the latter was a recurrent theme among nonbreastfeeding mothers.
conclusionsWhile bedsharing is associated with breastfeeding in lower socioeconomic groups, it is not in higher socioeconomic African American groups. Skepticism about breastfeeding benefits may contribute to low breastfeeding rates in African Americans.
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