Strategies to promote breastfeeding in inner cities.
Women's decisions whether to breastfeed are influenced by a number of powerful factors, not least of which are poverty, class and ethnic culture. Breastfeeding rates are falling overall, yet some ethnic minority groups have higher rates than the white UK population. Bernard Ineichen discusses the issues, and proposes some strategies for action.
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D001942:Breast Feeding; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011203:Poverty; D014504:Urban Health