Reducing Lactation Support Disparities for a Marginalized Community Through a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Approach: A Case Study in Michigan

Tsu-Yin Wu; Olivia Ford; Alice Jo Rainville; Rachel Bessire; Xining Yang; Tameka Jackson-Dyer; Amaal Haimout

doi:10.1177/08903344211066836

Reducing Lactation Support Disparities for a Marginalized Community Through a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Approach: A Case Study in Michigan

J Hum Lact. 2022 Feb;38(1):53-60. doi: 10.1177/08903344211066836. Epub 2021 Dec 31.

Authors

Tsu-Yin Wu¹, Olivia Ford², Alice Jo Rainville², Rachel Bessire¹, Xining Yang³, Tameka Jackson-Dyer¹, Amaal Haimout⁴

Affiliations

¹ Eastern Michigan University, Center for Health Disparities Innovations and Studies, Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
² Eastern Michigan University, School of Health Sciences, Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
³ Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA.
⁴ Wayne County Healthy Communities, Hamtramck, Michigan, MI, USA.

PMID: 34971319
DOI: 10.1177/08903344211066836

No abstract available

Keywords: United States; access to care; breastfeeding; breastfeeding promotion; breastfeeding support; disparities; lactation Case study; policy.

MeSH terms

Breast Feeding*
Female
Humans
Lactation
Michigan
Policy
Postnatal Care*
Pregnancy