Rosenberg K D, McMurtrie C, Kerker B D, Na Y, Graham E H
Bureau of Maternity Services and Family Planning, New York City Department of Health, NY, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1998 Dec;88(12):1850-2. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.12.1850.
The purpose of this study was to explore changes in breast-feeding initiation from 1979 to 1996 among infants born in New York City hospitals.
All New York City hospitals were surveyed every 2 years. Hospital staff reported feeding method at newborn discharge.
New York City breast-feeding initiation rates increased consistently from 1979 to 1996 (from 29% to 58%, P < .0001), including 1984 to 1990, when rates decreased nationally.
A 1984 New York State regulation requiring each hospital to designate a lactation coordinator may have been associated with the continuing increases in breast-feeding initiation.
本研究旨在探讨1979年至1996年在纽约市医院出生的婴儿中母乳喂养开始情况的变化。
每两年对纽约市所有医院进行一次调查。医院工作人员报告新生儿出院时的喂养方式。
从1979年到1996年,纽约市的母乳喂养开始率持续上升(从29%升至58%,P < .0001),包括在1984年至1990年期间,当时全国母乳喂养率有所下降。
1984年纽约州要求每家医院指定一名哺乳协调员的规定可能与母乳喂养开始率的持续上升有关。