Thursday, March 31 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Room 406

Session 30:
Breastfeeding: Trends, Causes, and Consequences

Chair: Alison Jacknowitz, American University
Discussant: Alison Jacknowitz, American University
Discussant: Sylvia Ann Ellison, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

  1. Improved Estimates of the Benefits of Breastfeeding Using Sibling Comparisons to Reduce Selection Bias • Eirik Evenhouse, University of California, San Francisco ; Siobhan Reilly, Mills College

  2. Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation in California, 2000-2003 • Amy Godecker, California Department of Health Services ; Mike Curtis ; Eugene R. Takahashi, California Department of Health Services ; Shabbir Ahmad, California Department of Health Services

  3. Breastfeeding and Maternal Decency: A Qualitative Investigation of Infant Feeding Decisions among Low-Income Mothers • Helen J. Lee, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

  4. Maternity Leave and Child Health: Evidence from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study • Sakiko Tanaka, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

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