{"id":615,"date":"2016-08-03T14:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/?page_id=615"},"modified":"2016-08-03T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:44:35","slug":"how-do-birth-sisters-impact-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/birth-sisters\/how-do-birth-sisters-impact-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"How do Birth Sisters impact communities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The Birth Sisters program has been linked to significantly higher breastfeeding rates and fewer c-sections.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Peer counseling has been recognized as one of the few interventions that consistently raise breastfeeding rates among minority women and low-income women, who breastfeed significantly less than white counterparts.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Breastfeeding is linked to improved health outcomes for infants and mothers.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The Birth Sisters Program also offers personal and professional growth opportunities for community women.<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/li>\n<li>For some, the program has provided an entryway into the workforce. Many have gone on to become nursing assistants, interpreters, nurses, midwives, and public health professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Birth Sisters program has been linked to significantly higher breastfeeding rates and fewer c-sections. Peer counseling has been recognized as one of the few interventions that consistently raise breastfeeding rates among minority women and low-income women, who breastfeed significantly less than white counterparts. Breastfeeding is linked to improved health outcomes for infants and mothers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8891,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/615\/revisions\/616"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}