This timely, up-to-date guide addresses the unique economic and social issues of black women while showing them why and how to breastfeed their children.\ African American infants are twice as likely to die before their first birthdays as white infants, have the highest rate of asthma of any race and have a 35 percent higher prevalence of childhood obesity than white children. African American women are 2.2 times more likely to die from breast cancer and 30 percent more likely to die from...
The essential resource for African American mothers.