Abstract
OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: All New York City hospitals were surveyed every 2 years. Hospital staff reported feeding method at newborn discharge. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
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