Read all about it!!!Posted on 2010-05-06 00:00:00 by hilarywThe Hispanic Health Council's Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride Program has been the subject of articles in The Hartford Courant and numerous peer-reviewed journals. "The conclusion is that breastfeeding peer counseling works, and it works beautifully, but you have to invest in it,'' says Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla, the co-primary investigator on the Hispanic Health Council's breastfeeding research. To read more, click on the links below: Differential Response to Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Within a Low-income, Predominantly Latina Population Chapman DJ, Damio G, Pérez-Escamilla R. J Hum Lact. 2004 Nov;20(4):389-96. A Randomized Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Peer Counseling on Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Predominantly Latina Low-Income Community Anderson AK, Damio G, Young S, Chapman DJ, Pérez-Escamilla R. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Sep;159(9):836-41.
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