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Public beliefs about breastfeeding policies in various settings.

Women's Health Weekly

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2004 SEP 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers outline public beliefs about breastfeeding policies in various settings in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

According to a study from the United States, "To understand the public beliefs about breastfeeding policies in various settings and to examine the associations of these beliefs with sociodemographic characteristics, we analyze the data from the 2001 Healthstyles survey, which is an annual national mail survey to U.S. adults. We found that establishing workplace breastfeeding policies and lactation rooms in public places are the most acceptable breastfeeding policies surveyed, especially among African Americans and low-income populations."

"The overall population appears to approve of breastfeeding in public, but less-educated or older people (aged 45 years) are less likely to do so," reported Ruowei Li and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "In general, there is relatively less public support for breastfeeding education in high schools. The results indicate that many Americans, especially African Americans and ...

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