Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67284, first published .
Designing a Digital Intervention to Increase Human Milk Feeding Among Black Mothers: Qualitative Study of Acceptability and Preferences

Designing a Digital Intervention to Increase Human Milk Feeding Among Black Mothers: Qualitative Study of Acceptability and Preferences

Designing a Digital Intervention to Increase Human Milk Feeding Among Black Mothers: Qualitative Study of Acceptability and Preferences

Loral Patchen   1 , CNM, IBCLC, MA, MSN, PhD ;   Jeannette Tsuei   2 , MPhil ;   Donna Sherard   3 , MPH ;   Patricia Moriarty   1 , CCRC, MSHS ;   Zoe Mungai-Barris   4 , BA ;   Tony Ma   5 , MS ;   Elina Bajracharya   5 , MS ;   Katie Chang   5 , MS ;   William Douglas Evans   6 , PHD

1 Healthcare Delivery Research, MedStar Health Research Institute, Columbia, MD, United States

2 RAND, Santa Monica, CA, United States

3 Changeable, Silver Spring, MD, United States

4 Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

5 Benten Technologies, Manassas, VA, United States

6 Department of Prevention and Community Health & Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Loral Patchen, CNM, IBCLC, MA, MSN, PhD
  • Healthcare Delivery Research
  • MedStar Health Research Institute
  • 10980 Grantchester Way, 7th Floor
  • Columbia, MD, 21044
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 7205845076
  • Email: loral.patchen@medstar.net