Download or read book Guidelines on Optimal Feeding of Low Birth Weight Infants in Low And Middle Income Countries written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Child and Adolescent Health has developed guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth weight infants in low- and middle-income countries. These guidelines include recommendations on what to feed low-birth weight infants, when to start feeding, how to feed, how often and how much to feed. The guidelines were developed using the process described in the WHO Handbook for Development of Guidelines. Systematic reviews were conducted to answer 18 priority questions identified by the guidelines development group. The population of interest is low-birth weight infants, and the critical outcomes include mortality, severe morbidity, growth and development. The implementation of these guidelines in low- and middle-income countries is expected to improve care and survival of low birth weight infants.

Download or read book Pregnancy Childbirth Postpartum and Newborn Care written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to provide evidence-based recommendations to guide health care professionals in the management of women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, and newborns, and the post abortion, including management of endemic deseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB and anaemia. This edition has been updated to include recommendations from recently approved WHO guidelines relevant to maternal and perinatal health. These include pre-eclampsia & eclampsia; postpartum haemorrhage; postnatal care for the mother and baby; newborn resuscitation; prevention of mother-to- child transmission of HIV; HIV and infant feeding; malaria in pregnancy, interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes, tobacco use and second-hand exposure in pregnancy, post-partum depression, post-partum family planning and post abortion care.

Download or read book Review of WIC Food Packages written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This, the second report of this series, provides a summary of the work of phase I of the study, and serves as the analytical underpinning for phase II in which the committee will report its final conclusions and recommendations.

Download or read book Protecting promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding written by Linda J. Smith and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the research and evidence connecting birth practices to breastfeeding outcomes. It takes an in-depth look at the post-birth experiences of the mother and baby, using the baby’s health as the vehicle and the intact mother-baby dyad as the model to address birth practices that affect breastfeeding. The Second Edition has been completely revised to include new information on infant outcomes, including epidural anesthesia and Cesarean surgery, clinical strategies for helping the mother and baby recover from birth injuries, medications and complications, and information on Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives with a Mother-Friendly Module.

Download or read book Caring for Our Children written by American Academy of Pediatrics and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Infant and young child feeding written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Chapter on Infant and Young Child Feeding is intended for use in basic training of health professionals. It describes essential knowledge and basic skills that every health professional who works with mothers and young children should master. The Model Chapter can be used by teachers and students as a complement to textbooks or as a concise reference manual.

Download or read book Protecting promoting and supporting breastfeeding written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tema del documento è la promozione e l'organizzazione di servizi in grado di garantire l'allattamento al seno di neonati malati o prematuri.

Download or read book Successful Breastfeeding written by and published by Churchill Livingstone. This book was released on 1991 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook covers current thinking on successful breastfeeding and is the result of the work of a breastfeeding working group set up by the Council of the Royal College of Midwives. Subjects explored include the duration and frequency of feeds, cleanliness, weight gain, postural considerations, ways in which the midwife may help directly and the prevention of mastitis. The variety of appetites in infants is discussed and less common problems such as diabetes, anitcoagulant therapy, mammary surgery, cleft lip and cleft palate are considered.

Download or read book Reclaiming Breastfeeding for the United States written by Karin Cadwell and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the progress the United States health care system has made towards reclaiming breastfeeding as the normal way to feed babies and young children.

Download or read book Protecting Promoting and Supporting Breast feeding written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out the facts and lines of action that enable health services to achieve their full potential as part of society's first line of support to breast-feeding. Against the larger backdrop of community attitudes that variously sustain or restrain breast-feeding the 32-page booklet translates the most up-to-date knowledge and practical experience about lactation into precise recommendations on care for mothers before during and after pregnancy and delivery. The statement begins by listing 10 important steps to successful breast-feeding intended for application in every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants. Readers are told that mothers should be helped to breast-feed within a half hour of birth that newborn infants should be given no food or drink other than breast milk unless medically indicated and that rooming-in should be practised 24 hours a day. Particularly practical is a section devoted to individual care, which spells out procedures to follow at five important stages from prenatal history-taking and counseling through care during and after delivery to what to do when a mother is discharged from the health care facility. Readers are informed that the risk of neonatal infection is in fact greater in the closed environment of a nursery than when infants remain with their mothers and that exclusive on-demand breast-feeding should be the norm throughout the clinic or hospital stay. The booklet concludes with a 20-point check-list that maternity wards and clinics can use to gauge how well they are protecting promoting and supporting breast-feeding.

Download or read book Kangaroo Mother Care written by World Health Organization. Reproductive Health and Research and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003-04-17 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of preterm infants which involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. This guide is intended for health professionals responsible for the care of low-birth-weight and preterm infants. Designed to be adapted to local conditions, it provides guidance on how to organize services at the referral level and on what is needed to provide effective kangaroo mother care.

Download or read book Breastfeeding in the U S written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Surgeon General s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For nearly all infants, breastfeeding is the best source of infant nutrition and immunologic protection, and it provides remarkable health benefits to mothers as well. Babies who are breastfed are less likely to become overweight and obese. Many mothers in the United States want to breastfeed, and most try. And yet within only three months after giving birth, more than two-thirds of breastfeeding mothers have already begun using formula. By six months postpartum, more than half of mothers have given up on breastfeeding, and mothers who breastfeed one-yearolds or toddlers are a rarity in our society. October 2010 marked the 10th anniversary of the release of the HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, in which former Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph. D., reiterated the commitment of previous Surgeons General to support breastfeeding as a public health goal. This was the first comprehensive framework for national action on breastfeeding. It was created through collaboration among representatives from medical, business, women's health, and advocacy groups as well as academic communities. The Blueprint provided specific action steps for the health care system, researchers, employers, and communities to better protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. I have issued this Call to Action because the time has come to set forth the important roles and responsibilities of clinicians, employers, communities, researchers, and government leaders and to urge us all to take on a commitment to enable mothers to meet their personal goals for breastfeeding. Mothers are acutely aware of and devoted to their responsibilities when it comes to feeding their children, but the responsibilities of others must be identified so that all mothers can obtain the information, help, and support they deserve when they breastfeed their infants. Identifying the support systems that are needed to help mothers meet their personal breastfeeding goals will allow them to stop feeling guilty and alone when problems with breastfeeding arise. All too often, mothers who wish to breastfeed encounter daunting challenges in moving through the health care system. Furthermore, there is often an incompatibility between employment and breastfeeding, but with help this is not impossible to overcome. Even so, because the barriers can seem insurmountable at times, many mothers stop breastfeeding. In addition, families are often unable to find the support they need in their communities to make breastfeeding work for them. From a societal perspective, many research questions related to breastfeeding remain unanswered, and for too long, breastfeeding has received insufficient national attention as a public health issue. This Call to Action describes in detail how different people and organizations can contribute to the health of mothers and their children. Rarely are we given the chance to make such a profound and lasting difference in the lives of so many. I am confident that this Call to Action will spark countless imaginative, effective, and mutually supportive endeavors that improve support for breastfeeding mothers and children in our nation."--Page v.

Download or read book Breastfeeding and breastfeeding in public Legal rights and support written by Aurora Brooks and published by BabyDreamers.net. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breastfeeding and breastfeeding in public: Legal rights and support is a comprehensive guide that explores the legal rights and support available to breastfeeding mothers. This short read book delves into the benefits of breastfeeding, the legal protection for breastfeeding mothers, and the right to breastfeed in public. It also covers employment rights for breastfeeding mothers, protection from discrimination, and the importance of supportive breastfeeding environments. In the first section, the book highlights the numerous benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and the baby. It discusses the nutritional advantages, the bonding experience, and the long-term health benefits associated with breastfeeding. The following chapters focus on the legal protection that breastfeeding mothers are entitled to. It explains the laws that protect their right to breastfeed in public and the employment rights that ensure they can continue breastfeeding while working. It also addresses the issue of discrimination and provides guidance on how to seek protection and support. The book then delves into the importance of supportive breastfeeding environments, both within the community and the workplace. It explores the role of healthcare providers in supporting breastfeeding mothers and provides strategies for creating a supportive workplace policy. Challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers are also addressed in this book. It discusses the societal stigma surrounding breastfeeding in public spaces and provides guidance on how to address misinformation and promote a positive perception of breastfeeding. International perspectives on breastfeeding are explored, including national breastfeeding policies and cultural attitudes towards breastfeeding. The book also highlights global breastfeeding support organizations and their role in promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and public health are closely linked, and this book explores the impact of breastfeeding on reducing healthcare costs, the role of public health campaigns, and the long-term health benefits associated with breastfeeding. The book also examines the influence of media on public perception of breastfeeding. It discusses media representations of breastfeeding and the role of media in promoting support for breastfeeding. Finally, the book concludes with a Frequently Asked Questions section, addressing common queries and providing a platform for readers to ask further questions or share their comments. Breastfeeding and breastfeeding in public: Legal rights and support is an essential resource for breastfeeding mothers, healthcare providers, policymakers, and anyone interested in promoting and supporting breastfeeding. It provides valuable information, guidance, and support to ensure that breastfeeding mothers can exercise their legal rights and receive the support they need. This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents Breastfeeding and breastfeeding in public: Legal rights and support Benefits of breastfeeding Legal protection for breastfeeding mothers Right to breastfeed in public Employment rights for breastfeeding mothers Protection from discrimination Supportive breastfeeding environments Community support for breastfeeding Supportive workplace policies Healthcare provider support Challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers Societal stigma Supporting breastfeeding in public spaces Addressing misinformation International perspectives on breastfeeding National breastfeeding policies Cultural attitudes towards breastfeeding Global breastfeeding support organizations Breastfeeding and public health Reducing healthcare costs Public health campaigns Long-term health benefits Breastfeeding in the media Media representations of breastfeeding Influence on public perception Role of media in promoting support Frequently Asked Questions Have Questions / Comments?

Download or read book Breastfeeding written by Patricia Stuart-Macadam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breastfeeding is a biocultural phenomenon: not only is it a biological process, but it is also a culturally determined behavior. As such, it has important implications for understanding the past, present, and future condition of our species. In general, scholars have emphasized either the biological or the cultural aspects of breastfeeding, but not both. As biological anthropologists the editors of this volume feel that an evolutionary approach combining both aspects is essential. One of the goals of their book is to incorporate data from diverse fields to present a more holistic view of breastfeeding, through the inclusion of research from a number of different disciplines, including biological and social/cultural anthropology, nutrition, and medicine. The resulting book, presenting the complexity of the issues surrounding very basic decisions about infant nutrition, will fill a void in the existing literature on breastfeeding.

Download or read book Breastfeeding written by Ruth A. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obtain the basic information necessary to manage a nursing mother and child from conception through complete weaning from this scientifically accurate medical text on the science and art of breastfeeding. BREASTFEEDING provides in-depth medical information about human milk, management techniques for handling breastfeeding in adverse circumstances, and relevant psychological and social issues that affect parent-infant bonding. It includes information on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunologic, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding. Increased coverage of drugs in human breast milk, advances in biochemical, nutritional, and immunologic aspects of human lactation, and a new chapter on infectious disease and breastfeeding make the fifth edition of BREASTFEEDING a critical resource for any clinician whose patients include breastfeeding women. Features a new chapter and appendix on infectious diseases and breastfeeding which describe the impact of infectious disease in either the mother or infant, and the effects of antibiotics on breastmilk. Contains expanded coverage on drugs in human breast milk and advances in biochemical, nutritional, and immunologic aspects of human lactation for clinicians to inform patients about the benefits of breastfeeding and the potential dangers of ingesting medication during pregnancy and lactation. Spanish version of 4th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-176-0