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Racial/ethnic disparities in breast-feeding have been described repeatedly, but the factors underlying these disparities are not fully understood.
Researchers analyzed data from 1636 mothers in Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Lake County, Illinois, who were participants in a community-based participatory research study. Factors described as demographic (e.g., maternal age, education, poverty status, relationship status) and non-demographic (e.g., maternal depression, infant prematurity, family history of breast-feeding, formula provided at birth hospital) were tested as potential mediators of the relationship between race/ethnicity (black, white, Hispanic) and breast-feeding intent, initiation, and duration.
Spanish-speaking Hispan…