ArticleHealth services research2017
Lactation Support Services and Breastfeeding Initiation: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of breastfeeding interventions among United States minority women on breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2021Pooled it
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- A Scoping Review to Identify Community- and Societal-Level Strategies Evaluated from 2013 to 2023 for Their Potential Impact on Child Well-Being in the United States.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Pumps: A Possible Tool to Promote More Equitable Lactation Outcomes.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
- Disparities in Infant Nutrition: WIC Participation and Rates of Breastfeeding in Florida.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Baby Friendly Hospital Designation and Breastfeeding Outcomes Among Maryland WIC Participants.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Integrating motherhood and employment: A 22-year analysis investigating impacts of US workplace breastfeeding policy.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Management of Cannabis Use in Breastfeeding Women: The Untapped Potential of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2020Article
- National Trends in the Provision of Human Milk at Hospital Discharge Among Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants.JAMA pediatrics · 2019Article
- Effects of improvements in the CPS on the estimated prevalence of medical financial burdens.Health services research · 2019Article
- Geographic Access to International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants in Pennsylvania.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2019Observational
- Beverage Consumption Patterns among Infants and Young Children (0⁻47.9 Months): Data from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2016.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Breastfeeding Outcomes.American journal of public health · 2018Observational
- "I Just Want to Do Everything Right:" Primiparous Women's Accounts of Early Breastfeeding via an App-Based Diary.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersArticle
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Abstract
objectiveDespite substantial evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and children, rates of sustained breastfeeding in the United States are quite low. This study examined whether mandated coverage of lactation support services under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects breastfeeding behavior. DATA SOURCE: We studied the census of U.S. births included in the National Vital Statistics System from 2009 to 2014. STUDY
designWe used regression-adjusted difference-in-differences (DD) to examine changes in breastfeeding rates for privately insured mothers relative to those covered by Medicaid. We adjusted for several health and sociodemographic measures. We also examined the extent to which the effect varied across vulnerable populations-by race/ethnicity, maternal education, WIC status, and mode of delivery. PRINCIPAL
findingsResults suggest that the ACA mandate increased the probability of breastfeeding initiation by 2.5 percentage points, which translates into about 47,000 more infants for whom breastfeeding was initiated in 2014. We find larger effects for black, less educated, and unmarried mothers.
conclusionsThe Affordable Care Act-mandated coverage of lactation services increased breastfeeding initiation among privately insured mothers relative to mothers covered by Medicaid. The magnitude of the effect size varied with some evidence of certain groups being more likely to increase breastfeeding rates.
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