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Rachel Y Moon1, Anita Mathews2, Brandi L Joyner2

  • 1Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. rym4z@virginia.edu.

Journal of Community Health
|January 9, 2017
PubMed

Bedsharing is associated with both increased breastfeeding and increased risk of sudden and unexpected infant deaths. The objective was to determine impact of sleep location and counseling about sleep location on breastfeeding exclusivity and duration in African-Americans. 1194 mothers of newborns were randomized to receive messaging emphasizing either safe sleep practices to reduce SIDS risk or safe sleep practices to prevent SIDS/suffocation. Mothers completed four interviews in the 6 months after delivery. The most common sleep arrangement was roomsharing without bedsharing ("roomsharing"). Duration of any breastfeeding was 6.1 and 5.3 weeks for infants who usually bedshared or roomshared, respectively (p = 0.01). Duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 3.0 and 1.6 weeks for infants who usually bedshared or roomshared, respectively (p < 0.001). Group assignment did not affect breastfeeding duration. The most common sleep arrangement for African-American infants <6 months was roomsharing. An intervention designed to discourage bedsharing did not impact breastfeeding duration.

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BedsharingBreastfeedingSleep location

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