Mackenzie D M Whipps

Biographic Data

ID329171
NAMEMackenzie D M Whipps
GIVEN NAMESMackenzie D M
FAMILY NAMEWhipps
SIGNATUREWHIPPS M D M
AFFILIATIONSNew York University
ORCID0000-0002-5512-4831
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Power, Positionality, and Policymaking in Higher Education: Reflections on Student Lactation Support Initiatives

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Lauren M Dinour et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women and Gender in…2026

    In recent years, universities have extended lactation protections to students that have been traditionally afforded to paid employees only. Absent federal- and state-level regulation, this expansion has generally been piecemeal, taking place only when “breastfeeding advocates” request (or demand) those protections within their universities. Little research exists on these initiatives or about the breastfeeding advocates themselves. This article d…

  • Within-State Variation in Infant and Toddler Care Access: Availability, Affordability, and the Cost-Price Gap for Providers

    Open AccessSean M Craig, Mackenzie D M Whipps et al.ARTICLEEarly Education and Development2026

    Many families with infants and toddlers in the US face low access to high-quality, affordable child care. To enact policy solutions, policymakers need timely information on child care access and how that access varies within states. To understand the current landscape of access to child care for infants and toddlers, we leverage multiple data sources from a single state, Texas, to describe regional variation in infant and toddler care access acro…

  • Pregnant in a Pandemic: Mental Wellbeing and Associated Healthy Behaviors Among Pregnant People in California During Covid-19

    Open AccessJennifer E Phipps, Mackenzie D M Whipps et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

    Pregnant people had worse mental health during the pandemic, and this was associated with worse health-promoting behaviors. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated risks are likely to persist due to low vaccination rates and the emergence of variants with high infection rates, care that promotes mental and physical well-being for the pregnant population should be a public health priority

  • Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding: A cross‐domain impact evaluation

    Open AccessEdward B Miller, Mackenzie D M Whipps et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    This study evaluated the collateral, or unanticipated, impacts of Smart Beginnings (SB), a two-site, tiered intervention designed to promote responsive parenting and school readiness, on breastfeeding intensity in a low-income sample. Impact analyses for the SB intervention were conducted using an intent-to-treat design leveraging a two-arm random assignment structure. Mothers assigned to the SB intervention group were more than three times more …

  • Painful, yet Beautiful, Moments: Pathways Through Infant Feeding and Dynamic Conceptions of Breastfeeding Success

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Hirokazu Yoshikawa et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2022References: 53

    What is breastfeeding "success"? In this article, we challenge the traditional biomedical definition, instead centering visions of success described by breastfeeding mothers themselves. Using semi-structured interviews, quantitative surveys, and written narratives of 38 first-time mothers in the United States, we describe five common pathways through the first-year postpartum, a taxonomic distinction far more complex than a success-failure dichot…

  • The sleeper effect of perceived insufficient milk supply in US mothers

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Jill R DemirciARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To test whether perception of insufficient milk (PIM) supply in the breast-feeding relationship of one child predicts how long mothers breast-feed subsequent children, and whether this association differs for first-time mothers v . mothers with previous children. Design: Secondary analysis of Infant Feeding Practices Study II (ordinary least squares regression) and Year 6 follow-up. Setting: Mailed, self-report survey of US mother–infa…

  • Time Off Work After Childbirth and Breastfeeding Supportive Workplaces: Associations with Near-Exclusive Breastfeeding Trajectory Membership

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Julia HonoroffARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • The Maternal Ecology of Breastfeeding: A Life Course Developmental Perspective

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Hirokazu Yoshikawa et al.ARTICLEHuman Development2018

    Background/Aims: For mothers in high-income country contexts, infant feeding represents one of the most fundamental and challenging aspects of the transition to parenthood. We present a specific theoretical model, based on life course theory principles, to explicate how the maternal ecology influences breastfeeding behaviors throughout the early parenting years. Methods: Core concepts and suppositions draw from a review of extant theories for the…

  • Latent trajectories of infant breast milk consumption in the U nited S tates

    Open AccessMackenzie D M Whipps, Hirokazu Yoshikawa et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Patterns of breastfeeding over time are not currently well understood. Limited qualitative and quantitative evidence suggests that there may be latent subgroups of mothers in the United States following very different trajectories of breast milk provision for their infants. This study used a quantitative modelling method (group-based trajectory modelling) to identify and describe these subgroups. Using data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study…