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The investigator-designed survey was administered online within 2 weeks of discharge. We calculated adjusted odds ratios (aORs) using logistic regression to examine associations between self-reported race and receipt of steps, with and without accounting for patient-reported medical reasons for nonreceipt (eg,\u00a0procedure requiring dyad separation), adjusting for prior breastfeeding and birth hospital. We also examined receipt of Ten Steps by birth hospital.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Black (49.0%) and white (51.0%) participants (n\u2009=\u2009210) had similar breastfeeding histories. Black participants had significantly lower odds than white participants of receiving immediate skin-to-skin contact (step 4) (aOR,\u20090.49; 95% CI, 0.24\u20130.99), exclusive breastfeeding in hospital (step 6) (aOR,\u20090.26; 95% CI, 0.10\u20130.65), and avoidance of pacifiers (step 9) (aOR,\u20090.36; 95% CI, 0.19\u20130.68). After excluding participants with medical reasons for nonreceipt of these steps, the associations were not significant. We also found differences in receipt of steps by hospital.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found differences in Ten Steps receipt by birthing parent race and hospital, but after removing those reporting medical reasons for nonreceipt, racial disparities were not observed. Addressing racial disparities in perinatal morbidity and hospital-level differences may improve equitable breastfeeding support.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/hpeds.2025-008928","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,18]],"date-time":"2026-06-18T00:03:14Z","timestamp":1781740994000},"page":"618-630","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Racial Disparities in Patient-Reported Baby-Friendly Breastfeeding Support"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Katherine","family":"Standish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Afi Mansa","family":"Semenya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"2Galileo Health Inc, New York, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sojourna","family":"Ferguson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"4Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Siessourby-Eileen","family":"Soma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"5Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"6Infectious Diseases Society of America, Arlington, Virginia"},{"name":"7Current affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Disease Control, London, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rohini","family":"Kambhampati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Didem","family":"Artuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"8Division of Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sylva","family":"Yeghiayan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"9Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"10Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne C. 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