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[ID] 40 [Interest Areas] Breastfeeding Coalition Representative Concerned Citizen Lactation Professional Public Health Worker Other Areas: RN, Pediatric Primary Care Setting [Comment] Strengthen the benchmarks for breastfeeding support i.e. CDC Report Cards. Please add benchmarks which include what states are doing to reduce disparities in breastfeeding rates among African American and minority women. Fund us! Provide funding to states in order to conduct research which may offer more insight into the barriers associated with bf among African American and minority women in various communities. Provide funding for the implementation and evaluation of wide spread peer support for women/infants at greater risk for early breastfeeding cessation. There is something about the language being used to suggest that a number of states are meeting HP objectives: only some of the women/infants living in those states are meeting the objectives. While increasing bf rates are reason for celebration, the possibility exists that the celebration may actually mask the vast disparity which exists for some women and their children in our communities. Let's get serious about addressing disparities. Thank you for providing a forum for discussion about this important topic. [Topic] 
Research and Surveillance
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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