Low rates of predominant breastfeeding in hospital after gestational diabetes, particularly among Indigenous women in Australia

Low rates of predominant breastfeeding in hospital after gestational diabetes, particularly among Indigenous women in Australia

Abstract Objectives: To investigate rates of ‘any’ and ‘predominant’ breastfeeding in hospital among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: A retrospective study of singleton infants born from July 2007 to December 2010 at Cairns Hospital,...

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Main Authors: Catherine R. Chamberlain, Alyce N. Wilson, Lisa H. Amir, Kerin O'Dea, Sandra Campbell, Dympna Leonard, Rebecca Ritte, Mary Mulcahy, Sandra Eades, Rory Wolfe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
breastfeeding
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
pregnancy
Aboriginal
Indigenous
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12629

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