Four Urgent Actions for the Rights to Culturally Safe Breastfeeding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mothers and Babies to Breastfeed in Neonatal Intensive Care Environments.

Jessica Bennett, Jamie Bryant, Kade Booth, Michelle Kennedy

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Article in The Medical journal of Australia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jessica BennettSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-9913

Jamie BryantSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.

Kade BoothSchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.

Michelle KennedySchool of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9691-068X

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Abstract

Breast milk provides both short-term and long-term health benefits and is critical for infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Presently, there is a large focus on increasing breastfeeding rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women; however, culturally safe breastfeeding support is under-recognised and inadequately addressed in the NICU setting. This perspective highlights cultural and structural barriers and calls for urgent action to include the following four proposed strategies: strengthening the Aboriginal lactation workforce, embedding culturally inclusive education, partnering with community-controlled services, and developing a culturally specific NICU breastfeeding policy to improve outcomes.

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Breast FeedingCultural CompetencyHealth Services, IndigenousIntensive Care Units, NeonatalAustraliaAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesCulturally Competent CareFemaleHumansInfant, Newbornbreastfeedingcultural competencyneonatology

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PMID42377111

DOI10.5694/mja2.70237

PMCPMC13317532

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