7. KESHA BAPTISTE-ROBERTS ♀
Information acquired: 2025
KESHA BAPTISTE-ROBERTS is an academic who published a paper in 2019 entitled Stressful Life Events Within 12 Months Before Delivery and Exclusive Breastfeeding at Four and Eight. KESHA BAPTISTE-ROBERTS published this work as part of a team: Fajobi, Olaoluwa. Here is a description of this work: Exc,,usive breastfeeding (EBF) from birth to six months of age is recommended as the optimal method of infant feeding because it is related to decreased morbidity and mortality. In recent years, EBF rates have climbed steadily in the United States, still only 25% of newborns are exclusively breastfed as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Multiple risk factors are associated with low EBF rates, but there is a need to evaluate new factors. Stressful life events (SLE), a proxy for stress, is one such novel factor. This study sought to assess association between 14 SLE within 12 months before childbirth and EBF at four and eight weeks postpartum among new mothers in the United States who all breastfed at birth. The study design was cross-sectional and utilized data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitor.