The Commission on Social Determinants of Health, sponsored by the World Health Organization,
has identified measuring health inequities and evaluating interventions to reduce them …

BACKGROUND: Race is a predictor of breastfeeding rates in the United States, and rates
are lowest among African American infants. Few studies have assessed changes in …

Background Risk factors for teenage pregnancy are linked to many factors, including a
family history of teenage pregnancy. This research examines whether a mother’s teenage …

Background and aims High‐risk alcohol consumption is associated with compromised health.
This study aimed to compare the incidence of alcohol‐related cancers, diabetes, ischemic …

Background, Objectives: The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding are not, as yet, the norm
in the United States. This study examined how noncompliance with each of the Steps, and …

OBJECTIVES: Studies addressing breastfeeding and obesity rarely document the method of
breast milk feeding, type of supplementation, or feeding in hospital. We investigated these …

Background First Nations (FN) women have a higher risk of diabetes than non-FN women in
Canada. Prenatal education and breastfeeding may reduce the risk of diabetes in mothers …

This chapter outlines the methods used to estimate costs attributable to smoking in Manitoba,
including healthcare use, health outcomes, and healthcare costs. We first describe the …

Breastfeeding and human milk (HM) are critically important to maternal, infant and
population health. This paper summarizes the proceedings of a workshop that convened a …

Background Assortative relating is a proposed explanation for the increased occurrence of
suicidal behavior among those exposed to suicidal peers. This explanation proposes that high…