Sentences with phrase «breastfeeding improves health outcomes»

As the Lancet Breastfeeding Series stressed in January this year, breastfeeding improves health outcomes for babies and mothers in rich and poor countries alike (read our summary), as well as benefiting society and the economy as a whole.

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Breastfeeding beyond the typical 6 - 12 month period has been shown to improve not only overall IQ's in children, but also improve health and social outcomes.

In a joint statement for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) by WABA, ILCA and ABM, the organizations emphasize that breastfeeding and skilled lactation support can empower rural women and improve health outcomes.

«As an insurance company, Anthem should want infants to breastfeed longer as it improves infant and maternal health outcomes and lowers health care costs,» she told Romper by email.

for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) by WABA, ILCA and ABM, the organizations emphasize that breastfeeding and skilled lactation support can empower rural women and improve health outcomes.

Programs that promote breastfeeding and ensure access to nutritious foods, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, the school meals and summer feeding programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and child care food assistance, improve health outcomes, school achievement, and workforce competitiveness.

Among the range of outcomes which will be improved by an effective 0 - 5 years» public health nursing service are improving breastfeeding initiation and increasing breastfeeding prevalence at 6 - 8 weeks.

An abundance of scientific evidence concludes that mothers and babies who breastfeed experience improved health outcomes and lower risks for certain diseases.

This provision is a win not only for public health, as breastfeeding is associated with improved outcomes for moms and babies, but also for women's equality.

Investing in breastfeeding promotion is likely to lead not only to improved physical health but also to improved intellectual and psycho - emotional outcomes for children.

She has also been involved with obtaining, implementing and evaluating several grants to improve breastfeeding services and outcomes for The Washington Health Systems.

In the UK, UNICEF commissioned a report, published in 2012 [7], to examine how raising breastfeeding rates could save money through improving health outcomes.

Breastfeeding has many benefits that include protecting the baby against inflammatory diseases of the gut, lungs or ears, and longer term health problems such as diabetes and obesity, improved cognitive outcomes, and protecting the mother against breast cancer.

Beyond improving breastfeeding outcomes, 6 interventions resulted in reductions in infant morbidity or health care use.

In combination, these studies indicate that PC can improve breastfeeding initiation, duration, exclusivity, and select infant health outcomes.

This critical review identified several interventions that successfully improved breastfeeding outcomes among minority women in the United States, including PC, breastfeeding teams (a peer counselor working with a health professional), group prenatal classes, breastfeeding - specific clinic appointments, and hospital / WIC policy change.

The revised RCPCH position statement on breastfeeding, also launched today, points out the rapid decline in breastfeeding rates (leading to fewer than half of all babies receiving any breastmilk at all by 6 - 8 weeks after birth), the research evidence on improved health outcomes and intelligence scores, and the economic impact.

In consideration of the extensively published evidence for improved health and developmental outcomes in breastfed infants and their mothers, a strong position on behalf of breastfeeding is warranted.

Whether you are concerned about improving maternal and infant health outcomes, preventing chronic disease and obesity, reducing health - related costs, or developing more sustainable food systems, you have a role in supporting breastfeeding.

In a review of U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities, interventions to change hospital or WIC policies, including enhanced practices and services, were among the public health approaches found to successfully improve breastfeeding outcomes among minority women (9).

The Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global program launched by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, and has at its core the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Ten Steps), which describe evidence - based hospital policies and practices that have been shown to improve breastfeedBreastfeeding (Ten Steps), which describe evidence - based hospital policies and practices that have been shown to improve breastfeedingbreastfeeding outcomes.

The findings summarized in this review have major policy implications, as they strongly suggest that investing in breastfeeding promotion is likely to lead not only to improved physical health but also to improved intellectual and psycho - emotional outcomes.

The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).

Screening and treatment of women with early breastfeeding difficulties may reduce the severity of postpartum depression and enable women to meet their breastfeeding goals, thereby improving health outcomes across two generations.

Implications for Public Health Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child hHealth Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child healthhealth.

Underserved women are disproportionately likely to experience adverse health outcomes that may improve with breastfeeding.

And we are supporting our most vulnerable families to make breastfeeding the norm and improve health outcomes from birth.»

Rooted in child social, emotional and behavioral development, Touchpoints seeks to improve parent - provider relationships, improve provider relationships with each other, enhance parent - infant relationships, moderate parental stress, normalize parent's perceptions of their child's behavior, increase well - child care adherence, improve infant developmental outcomes, improve maternal mental health indicators, and encourage longer breastfeeding.