Title: Promoting breastfeeding
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).
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.)
Places: United States