Public Health in Action: Give Mothers Support for Breastfeeding

Support for breastfeeding mothers: a systematic review.

Although the benefits of breastfeeding are widely accepted, the effectiveness of different strategies to promote the continuation of breastfeeding once initiated are less clear. The objective of this systematic review was to describe studies comparing standard care with the provision of extra breastfeeding support and to measure its effectiveness. Outcome measures used were rates of cessation o...

State-wide support for physician-mothers who are breastfeeding.

Marina M.C. MacNamara, MPH, Kathleen Moren, RN, IBCLC, Lynn E. Taylor, MD, FACP, and Julie Scott Taylor, MD, MSc, IBCLC  desPite the significant health and cost benefits of breastfeeding at both the individual and societal levels, there is a substantial gap between breastfeeding recommendations and practices among mothers in the United States, even those mothers who are themselves medical stud...

Family support and exclusive breastfeeding among Yogyakarta mothers in employment.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Exclusive breastfeeding provides many benefits to both infants and mothers. Despite the introduction of laws aimed at protecting the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding remains low, particularly for working mothers. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN This crosssectional study recruited working mothers employed in medium and large compan...

Travel Medicine in Qatar: Strategic Action for Better Public Health Outcome

Breastfeeding the late preterm infant: experiences of mothers and perceptions of public health nurses

BACKGROUND The promotion and maintenance of breastfeeding with late preterm infants (LPIs) remain under examined topics of study. This dearth of research knowledge, especially for this population at-risk for various health complications, requires scientific investigation. In this study, we explore the experiences of mothers and the perceptions of public health nurses (PHNs) about breastfeeding ...