Online Mapping Tools for Geolocating Amish Settlements

Wilson, Andrew; Lonabocker, Brian J.B.; Zagorski, Megan E.

doi:10.18061/1811/75352

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“…In many locales, there may be support resources that were missed in this analysis. For example, portions of Appalachian Ohio are home to high density Amish settlements [ 112 ]. In fact, all of the tracts in Holmes County were flagged as Stage 1 intervention candidates, but the Amish populations in Holmes County have no interest in broadband connections, telelactation, Baby-Friendly Hospitals or IBCLCs.…”

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The complex geographies of telelactation and access to community breastfeeding support in the state of Ohio

Grubesic

Durbin

2020

PLoS ONE

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The availability of breastfeeding support resources, including those provided by Baby-Friendly Hospitals, International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, breastfeeding counselors and educators, and volunteer-based mother-to-mother support organizations, such as La Leche League, are critically important for influencing breastfeeding initiation and continuation for the mother-child dyad. In addition, the emergence of community support options via information and communication technologies such as Skype and Facetime, social media (e.g., Facebook), and telelactation providers are providing mothers with a new range of support options that can help bridge geographic barriers to traditional community support. However, telelactation services that use information and communication technologies to connect breastfeeding mothers to remotely located breastfeeding experts require reliable, affordable, high-quality broadband connections to facilitate interaction between mothers and their support resources. The purpose of this paper is to explore the complex spatial landscape of virtual and face-to-face breastfeeding support options for mothers in the state of Ohio (U.S.), identifying barriers to support. Using a range of spatial and network analytics, the results suggest that a divide is emerging. While urban areas in Ohio benefit from both a density of face-to-face breastfeeding support resources and robust broadband options for engaging in telelactation, many rural areas of the state are lacking access to both. Policy implications and several potential strategies for mitigating these inequities are discussed.

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confidence: 99%