title: Attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge on both sides of the US-Mexico border, 2005: the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The US-Mexico border region has a growing population and limited health care infrastructure. Preventive health behaviors such as breastfeeding ease the burden on this region's health care system by reducing morbidity and health care costs. We examined correlates of attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge on each side of the US-Mexico border and within the border region.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional study included women who delivered a live infant in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (n = 489), and Cameron County, Texas (n = 457), which includes Brownsville, Texas. We interviewed women before hospital discharge from August 21 through November 9, 2005. We used multivariate logistic regression to estimate the odds of attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge in Cameron County, Texas, the municipality of Matamoros, Mexico, and the 2 communities combined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge was 81.9% in Matamoros compared with 63.7% in Cameron County. After adjusting for potential confounders, the odds of attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge were 90% higher in Matamoros than in Cameron County (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31-2.84 for the combined model). In the 2 communities combined, odds of attempted breastfeeding before hospital discharge were higher among women who had a vaginal delivery than among women who had a cesarean delivery (AOR, 1.98; 95% CI, 1.43-2.75) and were lower among women who delivered infants with a low birth weight than among women who delivered infants with a normal birth weight (AOR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.15-0.44).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rate of attempted breastfeeding in Matamoros was significantly higher than in Cameron County. Additional breastfeeding support and messages on the US side of the US-Mexico border are needed.
authors.affiliation: Office of Title V, Division of Family and Community Health Services, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th St, Austin, TX 78756, USA. brian.castrucci@dshs.state.tx.us
authors.forename: Brian C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Castrucci
authors.forename: Leticia E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Piña Carrizales
authors.forename: Denise V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Hillary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Foulkes
authors.forename: Indu B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.forename: Ginger L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gossman
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acuña
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clatanoff
authors.forename: Kayan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Gita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mirchandani
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D036801:Parturition; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012944:Social Support; D013781:Texas; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
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