Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals: the Impact of Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs on Breastfeeding
Author(s) -
Kenneth D. Rosenberg,
Carissa A. Eastham,
Laurin Kasehagen,
Alfredo P. Sandoval
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.103218
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , hospital discharge , confidence interval , receipt , odds ratio , population , infant formula , demography , odds , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , logistic regression , pathology , sociology , world wide web , intensive care medicine , computer science
Commercial hospital discharge packs are commonly given to new mothers at the time of newborn hospital discharge. We evaluated the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and the receipt of commercial hospital discharge packs in a population-based sample of Oregon women who initiated breastfeeding before newborn hospital discharge.
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