Using an equity analysis is key to achieving optimal breastfeeding rates for all mothers and babies. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has been working to incorporate a system based root cause analysis into their work, as organization and in the field. Center of Social Inclusion has been supporting the field in thinking about how to incorporate a structural lens into work around birth and breastfeeding. In this presentation, we overview a structural race analysis, share specific implications for breastfeeding and first food policy and practice.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Elevate the importance of racial and health equity to the work of birth and breastfeeding.
Objective 2: Identify the differences between individual, institutional and structural racism and implicit/explicit bias.
Objective 3: Begin to generate ideas or thinking about next steps.
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