Vitamin D Status in Urban MA Newborns and Mothers

Widespread Vitamin D Deficiency in Urban MA Newborns and their Mothers (Pediatrics, Merewood et al. 2010)

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

Breastfeeding Duration Rates and Factors Affecting Continued Breastfeeding Among Infants Born at an Inner-City US Baby-Friendly Hospital (JHL, Merewood et al. 2007) 

Breastfeeding Rates in Baby-Friendly Hospitals:Results of a National Survey (Pediatrics, Merewood et al, 2006)

Baby-Friendly: snappy slogan or standard of care? (Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, Philipp/Radford, 2006)

The Baby-Friendly way: the best breastfeeding start (Pediatric Clinics of N. America, Philipp/Merewood, 2004)

The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Increases Breastfeeding Rates in a US Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU (Journal of Human Lactation, Merewood et al, 2003)

Sustained breastfeeding rates at a US baby-friendly hospital (Pediatrics, Philipp et al, 2003)

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Initiation Rates in a US Hospital Setting (Pediatrics, Philipp et al, 2001) 

Physicians and Breastfeeding Promotion in the United States: A Call for Action (Pediatrics, Philipp et al. 2001)

Implementing change: becoming baby-friendly in an inner city hospital (Birth, Merewood/Philipp, 2001)

Becoming Baby-Friendly: Overcoming the Issue of Accepting Free Formula (Journal of Human Lactaction, Merewood/Philipp, 2000)

NICU peer counselors

The Effect of Peer Counselors on Breastfeeding Rates in the Neonatal Internsive Care Unit: Results of a Randomized Trial (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, Merewood et al. 2006)

Breastfeeding, Race and Ethnicity

Maternal Birth Place and Breastfeeding Initiation among Term and Preterm Infants: A Statewide Assessment for Massachusetts (Pediatrics, Merewood et al. 2006)

Breastfeeding, Race and Ethnicity- Commentary (Pediatrics, Merewood 2006)

Formula Company Sponsored Discharge Bags

From Maine to Mississippi: Hospital Distribution of Formula Sample Packs Along the Eastern Seaboard (Arch Pediatr Adolesc, Merewood et al. 2008)

Breastfeeding Information in Textbooks

Breastfeeding Information in Nursing Textbooks Needs Improvement (JHL, Philipp et al., 2007)

Breastfeeding Information in Pediatric Textbooks Needs Improvement (JHL, Philipp et al. 2004)

National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign

Efforts to Promote Breastfeeding in the United States: Development of a National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign (JHL, Merewood and Heinig, 2004)

 Breastfeeding and Ilicit Drug Use

Promoting Breastfeeding in an Inner-City Hospital: How to Address the Concerns of the Maternity Staff Regarding Illicit Drug Use (JHL, Merewood and Philipp, 2003)

Methadone and Breastfeeding: New Horizons- Commentary (Pediatrics, Philipp et al. 2003)

 Peer Counselors and Breastfeeding

Peer Counselors for Breastfeeding Mothers in the Hospital Setting: Trials, Training, Tributes, and Tribulations (JHL, Philipp and Merewood, 2003)

 Breast Pumps

Breast Pump Access in the Inner City: A Hospital-Based Initiative to Provide Breast Pumps for Low-income Women (JHL, Chamberlain et al. 2006)

Pumps for peanuts: leveling the field in the neonatal intensive care unit (J Perinatol, Philipp et al. 2000)

 Breastfeeding Warmline

Calls to an Inner-City Hospital Breastfeeding Telephone Support Line (JHL, Chamberlain et al. 2005)

 Iodine Levels in Colostrum 

Colostrum iodine and perchlorate concentrations in Boston-area women: a cross-sectional study. (Clinical Endocrinology, Leung et al. 2009)

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Ban-the-Bags

 Breastfeeding information in medical text books