Atrium Health lactation consultant offers breastfeeding help to Black patients
Black infants are less likely to breastfeed, compared with other racial/ethnic groups. Black mothers disproportionately experience a number of barriers to breastfeeding, including lack of knowledge about breastfeeding; lack of peer, family and social support; insufficient education and support from health care settings; and concerns about navigating breastfeeding and employment.
Ty McClain, a lactation consultant at Atrium Health Women ’s Care Charlotte OB-GYN in South End and Atrium Health Levine…
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