Breastfeeding
Resource Brief
American
Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding Initiatives
Information for families about AAP’s breastfeeding recommendations,
advocacy materials, and resources for health professionals. See also AAP’s
Children’s Health Topics—Breastfeeding.
Baby-Friendly USA
Information about the UNICEF/World Health Organization Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative in the U.S. Information on how hospitals can promote breastfeeding,
including materials for hospitals and birth centers, parents, and advocates.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention: Breastfeeding
Recommendations, diseases and conditions that affect breastfeeding,
data and statistics, research, promotion and support, policies,
frequently asked questions, and resources and publications. Also see Legal
and Policy Resources on Public Health Winnable Battles.
Food
and Nutrition Information Center: Lifecycle Nutrition--Breastfeeding
Materials
and other resources for consumers and for professionals.
La
Leche League International
Information for parents, parents-to-be, and health professionals.
Some materials available in Chinese, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese,
Lithuanian, Russian, and Spanish, plus links to La Leche League affiliates
in numerous countries for materials in additional languages. Forums and
podcasts.
Medline
Plus: Breastfeeding
Overviews, news, solving breastfeeding problems, nutrition,
videos, research, articles, statistics, tips for fathers.
National
Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource
Center: Breastfeeding and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Annotated bibliography of professional articles.
National
Women's Health Information Center: Breastfeeding
Consumer information in English and Spanish.
United States
Lactation Consultant Association
Educational and advocacy resources for lactation consultants.
This organization is an affiliate of the International
Lactation Consultant Assocation.
WIC Program: Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in WIC
Materials for consumers and health professionals, directory of nutrition and
breastfeeding coordinators by state, and materials to support African American
fathers and other male groups and for Hispanic families (in English and Spanish).
From
the MCH Library databases
- Breastfeeding (consumer education materials)
- Breastfeeding promotion (for health professionals)
- Breastfeeding and working mothers (for consumers and health professionals)
Additional organizations to contact
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Author: Olivia K.
Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library
December 2010
