#BlackBreastsMatter: Process Evaluation of Recruitment and Engagement of Pregnant African American Women for a Social Media Intervention Study to Increase Breastfeeding (Preprint)
Abstract:BACKGROUND
In the US, there are lower rates of breastfeeding among African American mothers, particularly those who are younger women. Recent epidemiological studies have shown a strong association of more aggressive types of breast cancer (ER-) among African American women, with higher risk in those African American women who did not breastfeed their children.
OBJECTIVE
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