R Pérez-Escamilla

Biographic Data

ID3932681
NAMER Pérez-Escamilla
GIVEN NAMESR
FAMILY NAMEPérez-Escamilla
SIGNATUREPÉREZ-ESCAMILLA R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Connecticut
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX3

  • The effectiveness of a hospital-based program to promote exclusive breast-feeding among low-income women in Brazil

    Chessa K Lutter, R Pérez-Escamilla et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1997Cited by: 10References: 8

    OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effectiveness of a hospital program to promote exclusive breast-feeding in Santos, Brazil. METHODS: In a prospective design, women who delivered at a hospital with an active breast-feeding promotion program (n = 236) were compared with women who delivered at a nearby control hospital (n = 206). RESULTS: The two groups had similar demographic characteristics and previous breast-feeding histories. Exposure to bre…

  • The association between cesarean delivery and breast-feeding outcomes among Mexican women

    R Pérez-Escamilla, Irene Maulen-Radovan et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1996Cited by: 3References: 20

    OBJECTIVES: This study examined the impact of cesarean section delivery on the initiation and duration of breast-feeding in the 1987 Mexican Demographic and Health Survey. METHODS: The subsample (n = 2517) was restricted to women whose delivery of their last-born children (aged 5 years and younger) was attended by a physician. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between cesarean section and likelihood of either no…

  • DDE and insufficient breast milk

    Chessa K Lutter, C Lutter et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1996References: 10

    DDE and insufficient breast milk. C Lutter, and R Pérez-EscamillaCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.86.6.887 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Racial disparities in reported prenatal care advice

    R Pérez-EscamillaARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994References: 1

    Racial disparities in reported prenatal care advice: different explanations offered. R Pérez-EscamillaCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.9.1521 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Infant feeding policies in maternity wards and their effect on breast-feeding success

    R Pérez-Escamilla, Ernesto Pollitt et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1994Cited by: 7References: 49

    OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this review is to examine the plausibility of a causal relationship between maternity ward practices and lactation success. METHODS. Studies were located with MEDLINE, from our personal files, and by contacting researchers working in this field. Of the 65 studies originally reviewed, 18 met our inclusion criteria (i.e., hospital-based intervention, experimental design with randomization procedures, or quasi-experimental…