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Breastfeeding Publications

• A Mother's 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (English / Spanish / German)

• 2004 Hospital Specific Breastfeeding Data Tables

• 2000-2001 Hospital Breastfeeding Tables (PDF). More breastfeeding resources at Maternal and Child Health here. Executive Summary | Tables for Alameda through Los Angeles | Tables for Madera through Yolo | Methodological Footnotes

• 2004 FDA warning on the use of Domperidone. Responses from Dr. Thomas Hale and Dr. Christine Smillie.

• 2005 AAP Policy Statement of Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (PDF Download)

• Press Release: 2005 AAP Policy Statement of Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (PDF)

• 2005 & 1997 AAP Policy Statement Comparison Chart (PDF)

• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new evidence report on breastfeeding and health outcomes. The report found evidence that breastfeeding decreases infants? and mothers? risk of having many short-term and chronic diseases.

• 2006 Hospital Breastfeeding Rate Report

• 2006  WHO Growth Charts

• AAP releases controversial guidelines on SIDS prevention

• AAP 2004 NCE Section on Breastfeeding Section Program Abstracts from 2001, 2002, 2003 NCEs here.

• American Academy of Family Physicians - Breastfeeding Position Paper

• Assembly Bill 1025 Signed for Supporting Breastfeeding Employees  (updated)

• Black Women?s Health: What Every Sister Should Know About Breastfeeding, 2001

• Blue Print for Action on Breastfeeding by Department of Health & Health Services, released in Nov. 2000.

• Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Outcomes in Developed Countries

• Breastfeeding Model Policies Tool Kit

• Breastfeeding Practices in Los Angeles County (1643 KB PDF file)
  February 2001 | March 2004. More on LA County Health Statistics 

• Breastfeeding is Priceless: No Substitute for Human Milk, Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, 2003 (PDF)

• Breastfeeding Programs & Support Systems in Los Angeles County: A Needs Assessment (PDF- Aug. 2002)

• Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in WIC

• Breastfeeding Promotion Tips:

  • US Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Specific Types of Programs to Promote Breastfeeding

  • Pasadena Nurse-Out in the News!

  • English & Spanish Breastfeeding Slogans

  • Breastfeeding Advocacy: Taking the Political and Making it Personal

  • NBAC Summary Slides: What It Means To You

  • FREE Video, pamphlets, posters: Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding

  • Guinness World Record

  • New WIC Resources

  • Maloney introduces legislation
     

• Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Review and Analysis (Complete Study - PDF)  
  Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding: Examining the Well Being of Children (PDF)

• Education: New York State Breastfeeding Education Packet for Grades K -12

• Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture
  In Spanish: Fathers Supporting Breastfeeding by US Department of Agriculture

• Guide to Breastfeeding for African-American Women

• Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother 'Going Home Protocol by Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

• How Does Formula Stack Up To Breastmilk?

• HMHB Position Statement on Breastfeeding

• HMHB Publications

• IBFAN's new report Checks and Balances in the Global Economy: Using International Tools to Stop Corporate Malpractice - Does it Work?

• ILCA's Position on Infant Feeding in Emergencies

• ILCA's Workplace Action Kit

• INFACT Canada

• Information on INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING IN EMERGENCIES for UNICEF Offices and Partners

• Investing in California?s Future: California?s Breastfeeding Promotion Advisory Committee has developed new recommendations and strategies to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates throughout the state. (Update of 1996 report)

• Low Breastfeeding Rates and Public Health in the U.S.

• Medem Medical Library - Children's Health / Breast and Bottle Feeding

• Medi-Cal Billing Update for Breast Pump Rentals

• Model Hospital Policy Recommendations

• Medications and Breastfeeding Mothers by American Family Physician.

• National Breastfeeding Campaign Slide Presentation (PDF)

• National Center of Health Statistics - CDC Growth Charts for U.S.

• New Growth Chart for US Children Released 

• Outcomes of Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding

• Pregnancy & Family Friendly Workplace Policies (2.3 MB PDF)

• Qualifying the Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Summary of Evidence

• Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge 

• Report on guidelines for assessing formula changes:
  - Report Recommends More Explicit Guidelines For Assessing Safety
    of New Ingredients Added to Infant Formula
  - Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients (PDF)

• Studies on commercial hospital discharge packs for breastfeeding women

• Selling Out Mothers and Babies - Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes in the USA

• Ten Steps to Support Parents' Choice to Breastfeed Their Baby

• Texas Dept of Health has their Physician's Pocket Guide to Breastfeeding

• Toxic Flame Retardants: Breastmilk study confirms needs for chemical phase-out; says breastfeeding still best for baby and mom

• Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk:  American Academy of Pediatrics has updated it's Policy Statement Pediatrics Vol. 108 No 3 September 2001 pp 776-789.

• U.S. Breastfeeding Committee Publications - Great Info!

• U.S. Breastfeeding Committee: Download complete "Strategic Plan for Breastfeeding in the United States: A National Agenda" (World Breastfeeding Week in Washington, DC.) 

• U.S. Breastfeeding Rate Soars  

• WHO Nutrient Adequacy of Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant During the First Six Months of Life, 2002 (PDF)

Last updated: 02/23/2010

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