Baby-Friendly and the Indian Health Service

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Health care: implementing our values in the federal health care budget. Indian Health Service website. http://www.ncai.org/resources/ncai-publications/indian-country-budget-request/fy2014/07_NCAI_2014_Budget_Request_Health.pdf. Accessed December 2014.

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Rates of any and exclusive breastfeeding by socio-demographics among children born in 2011 (percentage +/- half 95% confidence interval). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/rates-any-exclusive-bf-socio-dem-2011.htm. Updated October 20, 2014. Accessed December 2014.