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Breastfeeding on the State and National Fronts

Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Rochester Medical Center . Breastfeeding on the State and National Fronts. AHRQ Report (Agency Healthcare Research Quality). AHRQ Publication No. 07-E007 April 2007.

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Breastfeeding on the State and National Fronts

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  1. Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Rochester Medical Center Breastfeeding on the State and National Fronts

  2. AHRQ Report(Agency Healthcare Research Quality)

  3. AHRQ Publication No. 07-E007 April 2007

  4. “All governments by the year 1995 should have… Taken action to give effect to the principles and aim of all Articles of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions in their entirety” The Innocenti Declaration UNICEF/WHO. Innocenti Declaration on the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding. Florence, Italy: UNICEF and WHO, 1990.

  5. A Call to action for breastfeeding expert panel meetingConvened by the office on women’s health and the CDC April 28-29, 2009

  6. To provide DHHS with expert advice on initiatives and actions that are needed over the next decade to promote and support breastfeeding in health systems, public institutions, and worksites. • To identify issues that the nation needs addressed in policy and actions to eliminate disparities in breastfeeding by race and socio-economic status. Meeting Objectives

  7. World of Work Public Education Healthcare System Professional Education Support Services Breastfeeding: Objectives and strategies for the next decade

  8. 2009 Breastfeeding Medicine Supplement vOL. 4 October 2009

  9. 10Steps to Successful Breastfeeding • Train all health care staff • Inform pregnant women • Have a written breastfeeding policy • Help mothers initiate breastfeeding • Show mothers how to breastfeed • Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breast milk • Practice rooming in • Encourage breastfeeding on demand • Give no artificial teats or pacifiers • Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups From WHO/Unicef: Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: the special role of maternity services, a joint WHO/UNICEF statement, Geneva, 1989, World Health Organization

  10. Advice regarding breastfeeding for mothers with possible H1N1 infection. Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D., FAAP John S. Bradley, M.D., FAAP H1N1 Policy: AAP News

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