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Session 30:
Breastfeeding: Trends, Causes, and Consequences

Thursday, March 31
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Room 406
Level 4
Chair: Alison Jacknowitz, American University
Discussant: Sylvia Ann Ellison, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
Discussant: Alison Jacknowitz, American University

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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