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October 27, 2025ChildrenOpen Access

Longitudinal Association of Maternity Care Practices with Exclusive Breastfeeding in U.S. Hospitals, 2018–2022

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LGLucas GosdinKMKristin J. MarksOAO. Yaw Addo

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Analysis shows higher maternity care practices improve exclusive breastfeeding rates in infants, indicating important hospital policies.

Key Points

  • Exclusive breastfeeding rates increased by 4.4 percentage points with higher modified mPINC scores in 2018.
  • Hospitals achieving the highest mPINC scores had an exclusive breastfeeding rate averaging 62.0% in 2018.
  • Path analysis of maternal care practices linked to exclusive breastfeeding was conducted from 2018 to 2022.
  • Improving maternity care practices supports higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding in hospitals.

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Gosdin et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ff87f1c8c50a61f2bdd6aehttps://doi.org/10.3390/children12111454
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