One of the factors contributing to the disparities still present by race in the United States may be inequitable access to lactation education. In order to ensure that all parents receive the education they deserve to make informed infant feeding decisions, two checklists were created for patient and healthcare professional use, respectively. This paper describes the process of creating and validating the healthcare professional and patient checklists. The authors completed a review of the most recent literature surrounding barriers to lactation initiation and retention in the Black community to create the initial version of the checklists. Expert consultation was then utilized to assess their content validity. Local healthcare providers unanimously agreed that pregnant and postpartum parents need more education and support than currently provided. The consulted experts described the two checklists as useful and comprehensive and offered feedback for their revision and optimization. Implementing these checklists offer the possibility of increasing provider accountability in delivering adequate lactation education and enhancing client lactation knowledge and self-efficacy. Further research is needed to assess the effect of implementation of the checklists in a healthcare setting.

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教育可以成为最好的催奶剂吗？提供者和患者清单的开发和内容验证，以促进黑人父母的哺乳。

导致美国仍然存在种族差异的因素之一可能是获得哺乳教育的机会不公平。为了确保所有父母都能接受应有的教育，以便做出明智的婴儿喂养决定，我们创建了两个清单，分别供患者和医疗保健专业人员使用。本文描述了创建和验证医疗保健专业人员和患者清单的过程。作者完成了对有关黑人社区泌乳开始和保留障碍的最新文献的回顾，以创建清单的初始版本。然后利用专家咨询来评估其内容的有效性。当地医疗保健提供者一致认为，怀孕和产后父母需要比目前提供的更多的教育和支持。接受咨询的专家认为这两个清单有用且全面，并为其修订和优化提供了反馈。实施这些清单可以增强提供者在提供充分的哺乳教育和增强客户哺乳知识和自我效能方面的责任。需要进一步研究来评估在医疗保健环境中实施清单的效果。