| Breastfeeding: Selected
Resources
Table
of Contents
Web
Sites
Recent Publications
Additional Organizations to Contact
Web Sites
- Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention: Breastfeeding
Guidelines,
diseases and conditions that affect breast milk,
data and statistics, research projects under
way, breastfeeding promotion and support, policies
of the federal
government and major health organizations, additional
resources.
- La
Leche League International
Information for parents,
parents-to-be, and professionals. Materials
in English, Chinese, Italian, Russian,
and Spanish, plus links to affiliates in 48 countries who provide information
in the country's national language, in English,
or both.
Index of local groups in states and territories
of the United States.
- Medline
Plus: Breastfeeding
Pamphlets and fact sheets,
overviews, the latest news, nutrition, related
issues (breast pumps,
travel, breast conditions, common concerns),
research, directories of
midwives and La Leche League groups, organizations,
law and policy, the father's role, and sources of information
in other languages.
From
the MCH Library databases
Recent
publications
Additional organizations to contact
For
more information on this topic, use the MCH Library
Advanced
Search.
Author: Olivia K.
Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library
September 2006
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