Illinois Department of Public Health. (Keeping Current).
Myths keep some black women from breastfeeding, putting their babies at risk, writes Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal in her self-published book "Breastfeeding Facts Over Fiction: Health Implications on the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Community." Purnell-O'Neal, a west suburban Forest Park resident and mother, has a master's degree master's degree
n.
An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.
Noun 1. in public health and works as a consultant for the March of Dimes - For the Canadian charitable organization, see Ontario March of Dimes and March of Dimes Canada.
March of Dimes is the name of a United States health charity, whose mission is to improve the health of babies. . She dispels myths about breastfeeding, including that it will stunt a baby's growth or make the child grow too attached to the mother. In fact, Purnell-O'Neal writes, breastfeeding can help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or crib death, sudden, unexpected, and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age (usually between two weeks and eight months old). , which is more than twice as likely to kill black babies than white babies in Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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