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| Anne MerewoodSummaryAffiliation: Boston University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Maternal birthplace and breastfeeding initiation among term and preterm infants: a statewide assessment for MassachusettsAnne Merewood
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1048-54. 2006....- Breastfeeding duration rates and factors affecting continued breastfeeding among infants born at an inner-city US Baby-Friendly hospitalAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, MA, USA
J Hum Lact 23:157-64. 2007..Among a predominantly low-income and black population giving birth at a US Baby-Friendly hospital, breastfeeding rates at 6 months were comparable to the overall US population... 
Vitamin D status among 4-month-old infants in New England: a prospective cohort studyAnne Merewood
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Hum Lact 28:159-66. 2012..Also, while many researchers label "breastfeeding" as a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency, few differentiate between any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and supplemented or unsupplemented breastfeeders...- US hospitals violate WHO policy on the distribution of formula sample packs: results of a national surveyAnne Merewood
Division of General Pediatrics, Breastfeeding Center at Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Hum Lact 26:363-7. 2010.... - Widespread vitamin D deficiency in urban Massachusetts newborns and their mothersAnne Merewood
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, 88 E Newton St, Vose 3, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 125:640-7. 2010..To determine vitamin D status and associated factors in a cohort of newly delivered infants and their mothers in Boston, Massachusetts... - From Maine to Mississippi: hospital distribution of formula sample packs along the Eastern SeaboardAnne Merewood
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:823-7. 2008.... - Race, ethnicity, and breastfeedingAnne Merewood
Division of General Pediatrics, Maternity Building, 4th Floor, 91 E Concord St, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 118:1742-3. 2006 - The effect of peer counselors on breastfeeding rates in the neonatal intensive care unit: results of a randomized controlled trialAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:681-5. 2006..To determine whether peer counselors impacted breastfeeding duration among premature infants in an urban population... - Breastfeeding rates in US Baby-Friendly hospitals: results of a national surveyAnne Merewood
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 116:628-34. 2005.... - Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding among Latina women giving birth at an inner-city baby-friendly hospitalKimberly Niles Newton
Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Hum Lact 25:28-33. 2009..95; 95% CI, 1.05-3.63), to deliver vaginally (AOR 3.05; 95% CI, 1.32-7.05), and to delay the first formula feed (AOR 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02-1.06)... - Accuracy of breastfeeding data on the Massachusetts birth certificateTina Navidi
Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Hum Lact 25:151-6. 2009..The assumption that a prenatal feeding decision is an independent predictor of breastfeeding practice may be flawed. In the Baby-Friendly hospital, many women apparently made the decision postpartum... - Neonatal weight loss at a US Baby-Friendly HospitalXena Grossman
Boston University School of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Acad Nutr Diet 112:410-3. 2012..Clinical practices at a Baby-Friendly hospital, which support and optimize breastfeeding, appear to be associated with only moderate weight loss in exclusively and mainly breastfed infants... - Calls to an inner-city hospital breastfeeding telephone support lineLaura Beth Chamberlain
The Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, 850 Harrison Avenue, YACC-5, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Hum Lact 21:53-8. 2005..These findings suggest that the lack of breast pumps may be a barrier to continued breastfeeding for inner-city breastfeeding women... - Hospital Education in Lactation Practices (Project HELP): does clinician education affect breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity in the hospital?Xena Grossman
Division of General Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Birth 36:54-9. 2009..The purpose of this study was to determine whether educating practitioners affected breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity rates at hospitals with low breastfeeding rates... 
Association between vitamin D deficiency and primary cesarean sectionAnne Merewood
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, and Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:940-5. 2009..The current U.S. cesarean birth rate is at an all-time high of 30.2%. We analyzed the relationship between maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] status, and prevalence of primary cesarean section...- Sustained breastfeeding rates at a US baby-friendly hospitalBarbara L Philipp
Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 112:e234-6. 2003..Breastfeeding rates in 1999 were compared with rates in 2000 and 2001... - Promoting breastfeeding in an inner-city hospital: how to address the concerns of the maternity staff regarding illicit drug useAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, USA
J Hum Lact 19:418-20. 2003 - Peer counselors for breastfeeding mothers in the hospital setting: trials, training, tributes, and tribulationsAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, USA
J Hum Lact 19:72-6. 2003.... - Breast pump access in the inner city: a hospital-based initiative to provide breast pumps for low-income womenLaura Beth Chamberlain
Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Hum Lact 22:94-8. 2006.... - A model infant feeding policy for Baby-Friendly designation in the USALori Feldman-Winter
Department of Pediatrics, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA
J Hum Lact 28:304-11. 2012..At baseline, NJ had no Baby-Friendly hospitals and no hospital was using an infant feeding policy that conformed to standards required by Baby-Friendly USA for designation... - Breastfeeding information in pediatric textbooks needs improvementBarbara L Philipp
Boston University School of Medicine, The Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, MA, USA
J Hum Lact 20:206-10. 2004..Thus, breastfeeding information in these texts, when not omitted, is highly variable and at times inaccurate and inconsistent... - The Baby-Friendly way: the best breastfeeding startBarbara L Philipp
Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 51:761-83, xi. 2004..This article reviews the development of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, describes the components of the initiative, and evaluates current data that favor the universal implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative... - Trends in US hospital distribution of industry-sponsored infant formula sample packsRadha Sadacharan
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Pediatrics 128:702-5. 2011..To describe trends in the proportion of US hospitals that distribute industry-sponsored formula sample packs between 2007 and 2010... - The baby-friendly hospital initiative increases breastfeeding rates in a US neonatal intensive care unitAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA
J Hum Lact 19:166-71. 2003..3% (1995) to 39% (1999) (P = .002). The implementation of Baby-Friendly policies leading to a Baby-Friendly designation was associated with increased breastfeeding initiation and duration rates... - Colostrum iodine and perchlorate concentrations in Boston-area women: a cross-sectional studyAngela M Leung
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 70:326-30. 2009..Perchlorate and thiocyanate are environmental inhibitors of iodide transport into the thyroid and lactating breast... - Introducing Solid Foods: Validity of Report among Mothers Who Do Not Adhere to Recommended US GuidelinesJulia Coit
1Research Assistant, The Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Hum Lact 28:490-4. 2012..Most said they started giving solids later than they did. Maternal report may not be the best way to collect such data, and health outcomes based on such data may be biased toward the null... - Relation of body fat indexes to vitamin D status and deficiency among obese adolescentsCarine M Lenders
Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:459-67. 2009..Data on the relation between vitamin D status and body fat indexes in adolescence are lacking... - Efforts to promote breastfeeding in the United States: development of a national breastfeeding awareness campaignAnne Merewood
Boston University School of Medicine, The Breastfeeding Center, Boston Medical Center, USA
J Hum Lact 20:140-5. 2004 - Methadone and breastfeeding: new horizonsBarbara L Philipp
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Pediatrics 111:1429-30. 2003 - Breastfeeding and health outcomes among citizen infants of immigrant mothersNicole B Neault
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for American Indian Health, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:2077-86. 2007..To examine the associations between breastfeeding and child health outcomes among citizen infants of mothers immigrant to the United States...