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Breastfeeding, Maternal and Child Health
United States

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Employment (6)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC, US

2006-01-01 to present | Founding Professor and Director, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (Maternal and Child Health)
Employment
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Miriam Labbok

UNICEF: New York, NY, US

2001-12-01 to 2005-12-31 | Senior Advisor, Infant and Young Child Feeding and Care (Nutrition)
Employment
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Miriam Labbok

USAID: Washington, DC, US

1996 to 2001 | Nutrition and Materinal Health Division Chief (Global Health)
Employment
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Miriam Labbok

Georgetown University School of Medicine: Washington, DC, US

1986 to 1996 | Associate Prof. (tenure track); Dir. WHO Collaborating Centre on Breastfeeding (Obstetrics/Gynecology - Institute for Reproductive Health)
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Miriam Labbok

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health: Baltimore, MD, US

1981-06 to 1986-08 | Assistant Professor (tenure track) (Population Dynamics/International Health)
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Miriam Labbok

USAID: Washington, DC, US

1976-08 to 1980-08 | Medical Officer (Population)
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Miriam Labbok

Education and qualifications (6)

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health: Baltimore, MD, US

1980-08 to 1981-06 | Residency (Preventive Medicine )
Education
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Miriam Labbok

Georgetown University School of Medicine: Washington, DC, US

1975-07 to 1976-07 | PG-1 (Pediatrics)
Education
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Miriam Labbok

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: New Orleans, LA, US

1973-09 to 1975-05 | MPH (MCH)
Education
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Miriam Labbok

Tulane University School of Medicine: New Orleans, LA, US

1973-09 to 1975-05 | MD (Medicine)
Education
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Miriam Labbok

Rutgers University Medical School: Piscataway, NJ, US

1971-09 to 1973-05 | MMS (Medicine)
Education
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Miriam Labbok

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1967-09-01 to 1970-12-20 | BA with General Honors (Human Ecology)
Education
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Miriam Labbok

Works (50 of 95)

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ABM Clinical Protocol #13: Contraception During Breastfeeding, Revised 2015.

2014-12 | Journal article
PMID:

25551519

Contributors: Berens P; Labbok M
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Effect of primary care intervention on breastfeeding duration and intensity.

2014-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2105/AJPH.2013.301360

PMID:

24354834

Contributors: Bonuck K; Stuebe A; Barnett J; Labbok MH; Fletcher J; Bernstein PS
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Implementing the ten steps to successful breastfeeding in multiple hospitals serving low-wealth patients in the US: innovative research design and baseline findings.

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-8-5

PMID:

23688264

PMC:

PMC3669017

Contributors: Labbok MH; Taylor EC; Nickel NC
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Infant feeding practices and determinants of poor breastfeeding behavior in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: a descriptive study.

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-8-11

PMID:

24083882

PMC:

PMC3850507

Contributors: Yotebieng M; Chalachala JL; Labbok M; Behets F
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Recognition of international board certified lactation consultants by health insurance providers in the United States: results of a national survey of lactation consultants.

2013-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/0890334413499974

PMID:

23962773

Contributors: Chetwynd E; Meyer AM; Stuebe A; Costello R; Labbok M
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Applying organisation theory to understand barriers and facilitators to the implementation of baby-friendly: A multisite qualitative study.

2013-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.001

PMID:

23434025

Contributors: Nickel NC; Taylor EC; Labbok MH; Weiner BJ; Williamson NE
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Understanding women's interpretations of infant formula advertising.

2013-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/birt.12044

PMID:

24635466

Contributors: Parry K; Taylor E; Hall-Dardess P; Walker M; Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding: population-based perspectives.

2013-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.pcl.2012.09.011

PMID:

23178058

Contributors: Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

The extent that noncompliance with the ten steps to successful breastfeeding influences breastfeeding duration.

2013-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/0890334412464695

PMID:

23197591

Contributors: Nickel NC; Labbok MH; Hudgens MG; Daniels JL
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Early breastfeeding experiences of adolescent mothers: a qualitative prospective study.

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-7-13

PMID:

23020833

PMC:

PMC3565878

Contributors: Smith PH; Coley SL; Labbok MH; Cupito S; Nwokah E
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Definitions of breastfeeding: call for the development and use of consistent definitions in research and peer-reviewed literature.

2012-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2012.9975

PMID:

23215907

Contributors: Labbok MH; Starling A
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Implementing the Ten Steps for Successful Breastfeeding in hospitals serving low-wealth patients.

2012-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2105/AJPH.2012.300769

PMID:

23078473

Contributors: Taylor EC; Nickel NC; Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Celebrating twenty years of progress: World Breastfeeding Week 2012.

2012-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2012.9984

PMID:

22861481

Contributors: Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Global baby-friendly hospital initiative monitoring data: update and discussion.

2012-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2012.0066

PMID:

22861482

Contributors: Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding support in child care: an international comparison of findings from Australia and the United States.

2012-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2011.0032

PMID:

22148956

Contributors: Cameron B; Javanparast S; Labbok M; Scheckter R; McIntyre E
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

On "a call for clarity in infant breast and bottle-feeding definitions for research".

2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01220.x

PMID:

21314711

Contributors: Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding and otitis media: a review of recent evidence.

2011-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s11882-011-0218-3

PMID:

21833752

Contributors: Abrahams SW; Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

WIC and breastfeeding support services: does the mix of services offered vary with race and ethnicity?

2011-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2010.0086

PMID:

21453123

Contributors: Evans K; Labbok M; Abrahams SW
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Regulatory monitoring of feeding during the birth hospitalization.

2011-11 | Journal article
PMID:

22167859

Contributors: Labbok M; Marinelli KA; Bartick M; Calnen G; Gartner LM; Lawrence RA; Meek JY; Gorrin-Peralta JJ; Parrilla-Rodriguez AM; Powers NG
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Community based participatory research of breastfeeding disparities in African American women.

2011-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/1941406411413918

PMID:

23326622

PMC:

PMC3543999

Contributors: Kulka TR; Jensen E; McLaurin S; Woods E; Kotch J; Labbok M; Bowling M; Dardess P; Baker S
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

2011-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/0890334411409669

PMID:

21788660

Contributors: Szucs KA; Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Scaling up breastfeeding in developing countries.

2011-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60897-0

PMID:

21752460

Contributors: Bhutta ZA; Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Unintended consequences of the WIC formula rebate program on infant feeding outcomes: will the new food packages be enough?

2011-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2010.0022

PMID:

21034164

Contributors: Jensen E; Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Call to action on breastfeeding in North Carolina: review and rationale.

2010 | Journal article
PMID:

21473549

Contributors: Labbok MH; Taylor E
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

What are the risks associated with formula feeding? A re-analysis and review.

2010-07 | Journal article
PMID:

20879657

Contributors: McNiel ME; Labbok MH; Abrahams SW
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

What are the risks associated with formula feeding? A re-analysis and review.

2010-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00378.x

PMID:

20402722

Contributors: McNiel ME; Labbok MH; Abrahams SW
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Exploring the impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on trends in exclusive breastfeeding.

2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-4-11

PMID:

19874618

PMC:

PMC2777851

Contributors: Abrahams SW; Labbok MH
Source: Self-asserted source
Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Hospital practices and women's likelihood of fulfilling their intention to exclusively breastfeed.

2009-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2105/AJPH.2008.135236

PMID:

19299680

Contributors: Declercq E; Labbok MH; Sakala C; O'Hara M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

A descriptive study of Cambodian refugee infant feeding practices in the United States.

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-3-2

PMID:

18218121

PMC:

PMC2266734

Contributors: Straub B; Melvin C; Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding and feminism: a focus on reproductive health, rights and justice.

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-3-8

PMID:

18680575

PMC:

PMC2531083

Contributors: Labbok MH; Smith PH; Taylor EC
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding in the workplace: other employees' attitudes towards services for lactating mothers.

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-3-25

PMID:

18937862

PMC:

PMC2577622

Contributors: Suyes K; Abrahams SW; Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Transdisciplinary breastfeeding support: creating program and policy synergy across the reproductive continuum.

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1746-4358-3-16

PMID:

18680583

PMC:

PMC2538507

Contributors: Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Position on breastfeeding.

2008-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1089/bfm.2008.9988

PMID:

19086830

Contributors: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Board of Directors
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

"The baby is breastfeeding".

2008-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00250_1.x

PMID:

18844658

Contributors: Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Epidemiology of basal-like breast cancer.

2008-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s10549-007-9632-6

PMID:

17578664

PMC:

PMC2443103

Contributors: Millikan RC; Newman B; Tse CK; Moorman PG; Conway K; Dressler LG; Smith LV; Labbok MH; Geradts J; Bensen JT et al.
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Exploration of guilt among mothers who do not breastfeed: the physician's role.

2008-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/0890334407312002

PMID:

18281360

Contributors: Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding and Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: more important and with more evidence than ever.

2007 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2223/JPED.1606

PMID:

17426867

Contributors: Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding: a woman's reproductive right.

2006-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.04.008

PMID:

16828483

Contributors: Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Trends in exclusive breastfeeding: findings from the 1990s.

2006-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1177/0890334405279256

PMID:

16885487

Contributors: Labbok MH; Wardlaw T; Blanc A; Clark D; Terreri N
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding: maintaining an irreplaceable immunological resource.

2004-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1038/nri1393

PMID:

15229475

Contributors: Labbok MH; Clark D; Goldman AS
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Modeling the effects of different infant feeding strategies on infant survival and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

2004-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2105/AJPH.94.7.1174

PMID:

15226139

Contributors: Ross JS; Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Estimation of births averted due to breast-feeding and increases in levels of contraception needed to substitute for breast-feeding.

2003-10 | Journal article
PMID:

14621252

Contributors: Becker S; Rutstein S; Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Early opportunities for prevention: infections of pregnant women and young infants.

2001 | Journal article
DOI:

10.3201/eid0707.017711

PMID:

11485649

PMC:

PMC2631821

Contributors: Schuchat A; Hillier S; Edwards K; Schrag S; Labbok M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Effects of breastfeeding on the mother.

2001-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70290-X

PMID:

11236722

Contributors: Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Multicenter study of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) III: effectiveness, duration, and satisfaction with reduced client-provider contact.

2000-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00171-2

PMID:

11172792

Contributors: Peterson AE; Peŕez-Escamilla R; Labbok MH; Hight V; von Hertzen H; Van Look P
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

The efficacy of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) among working women.

2000-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00170-0

PMID:

11172791

Contributors: Valdés V; Labbok MH; Pugin E; Perez A
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Health sequelae of breastfeeding for the mother.

1999-06 | Journal article
PMID:

10394498

Contributors: Labbok MH
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

A call for consistency in defining breast-feeding.

1997-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1060

PMID:

9224200

Contributors: Labbok MH; Belsey M; Coffin CJ
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

A call for consistency in definition of breastfeeding behaviors.

1997-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00013-0

PMID:

9194254

Contributors: Labbok MH; Coffin CJ
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central

Breastfeeding definitions.

1997-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00039-5

PMID:

9262926

Contributors: Coffin CJ; Labbok MH; Belsey M
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Miriam Labbok via Europe PubMed Central
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