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Formula Supplementation Before Two Days of Age among Breastfeeding Infants by Birth Year, New Jersey, 2009 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Nearly all births in the US occur in hospitals, but hospital practices and policies in maternity settings can undermine maternal and infant health by creating barriers to supporting a mother's decision to breastfeed. National data indicate that barriers to breastfeeding are widespread during labor, delivery, and postpartum care, as well as in hospital discharge planning.[https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/mpinc/national-report.html ^1^]
Definition
Proportion of breastfeeding infants who receive formula supplementation before 2 days of age
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective MCH-8. Confidence intervals are not available for 2020.Data Source
Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of breastfeeding infants who receive formula supplementation before 2 days of ageDenominator:
Number of breastfeeding infants who are 2 days of age
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective MICH-23
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of breastfed newborns who receive formula supplementation within the first 2 days of life to 14.2 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-8
NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of breastfeeding infants who receive formula supplementation before two days of age to 10 percent by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml