Abstract Background The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding are maternity practices
proven to support successful achievement of exclusive breastfeeding. They also are the …

Executive summary 1 This publication is a World Health Organization (WHO) guideline. A
WHO guideline is any document, whatever its title, containing WHO recommendations about …

Objective: To assess current breastfeeding care in Ohio hospitals and compare that care to
research‐based principles. Design: Survey. Setting: Ohio hospitals that provide maternity …

Breastfeeding is the method of infant feeding supported by many professional organizations,
including the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 the American College of Obstetrics and …

OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to assess the impact of “Baby-Friendly” hospital practices and
other maternity-care practices experienced by mothers on breastfeeding duration …

The health benefits of breastfeeding are so significant that stronger support of breastfeeding
has become a public health priority. Target breastfeeding rates are ensconced in national …

Universal and exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of every infant's life remain the
recommendation and stated goal for infant feeding by numerous national and international …

Physicians can support breastfeeding for their patients by providing prenatal families with
accurate and current information on the benefits of breastfeeding, eliminating barriers to …

BACkgROUND/CURRENt RECOmmENDAtIONS Breastfeeding has long been documented
as the ideal method for feeding and promoting the optimal development of infants and …

Breastfeeding offers significant protection against illness for the infant and numerous health
benefits for the mother, including a decreased risk of breast cancer. In 1991, UNICEF and …