Promoting breastfeeding
Subtitle: a guide for health professionals working in the WIC and CSF programs
By: prepared by Nutrition and Technical Services Division, Food and Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Series: FNS -- 247; FNS (Series) -- 247.
Publisher: The Service
Published: 1984
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Breastfeeding; Handbooks, manuals; Maternal health services; Health education; WIC Program; Commodity Supplemental Food Program (U.S.); Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)
Description: Abstract: A guide for health providers who work in perinatal health care systems provides a variety of ideas and successful approaches for promoting breastfeeding among low-income women, based on the premise that breastfeeding is the best method for feeding infants in the early months of life. The material is organized into 4 principal sections covering background information on various aspects of breastfeeding, specifically for low-income women; approaches to breast-feeding education at each of the 4 distinct phases of the prenatal and postpartum periods; sample lesson plans that may be used by health professionals or paraprofessionals in individual or group sessions; and a tabulation of references and resources for the use of health professionals in breastfeeding promotion efforts. (wz).
Notes: Cover title.

"July 1984."

Joyce O'Hallaren Arango had major responsibility for this publication.

Includes bibliographical references.