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Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap

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<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Inequities</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Manitoba</strong>: <strong>Is</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Socioeconomic</strong> <strong>Gap</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Widen<strong>in</strong>g or Narrow<strong>in</strong>g Over Time?<br />

What is this tell<strong>in</strong>g us?<br />

• The socioeconomic gap <strong>in</strong> breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiation rates is widen<strong>in</strong>g over time for rural, but lessen<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong> urban <strong>Manitoba</strong>.<br />

• By all measures, <strong>the</strong> socioeconomic gap is larger <strong>in</strong> rural than <strong>in</strong> urban <strong>Manitoba</strong>.<br />

• The lowest neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come group <strong>in</strong> rural <strong>Manitoba</strong> shows no improvement <strong>in</strong> breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong>itiation rates over time, whereas <strong>the</strong> rates <strong>in</strong>creased over time for <strong>the</strong> lowest neighbourhood<br />

<strong>in</strong>come group <strong>in</strong> urban <strong>Manitoba</strong>. Most o<strong>the</strong>r neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come qu<strong>in</strong>tile groups <strong>in</strong> rural and<br />

urban <strong>Manitoba</strong> showed improvement <strong>in</strong> breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiation rates over time.<br />

• The largest socioeconomic gap <strong>in</strong> breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiation is seen <strong>in</strong> rural <strong>Manitoba</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> most<br />

recent time period of 2005/06–2007/08, where around 26 fewer babies per 100 were be<strong>in</strong>g breastfed<br />

when discharged from hospital <strong>in</strong> R1 compared to R5.<br />

Where to from here?<br />

• Breastfeed<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>terventions that work <strong>in</strong> low neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come groups need to be promoted<br />

<strong>in</strong> rural R1 areas <strong>in</strong> particular. The urban “shr<strong>in</strong>k” <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>equality <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> lowest neighbourhood <strong>in</strong>come<br />

qu<strong>in</strong>tile could be explored for <strong>in</strong>formation about what policies and programs are operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />

W<strong>in</strong>nipeg and Brandon (refer to <strong>the</strong> 2008 “What Works” deliverable by Martens et al.).<br />

<strong>Manitoba</strong> Centre for <strong>Health</strong> Policy 73

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