She has been quoted in national publications on her perspective
on infant feeding practices, food allergies, celiac disease, and various other health topics.
Sharing the experience of childbirth and supporting each other in the
subsequent infant feeding practices was perceived as the best outcome for the majority of new mothers and fathers.
Before the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative began to take hold across the US, commercial interests significantly
influenced infant feeding practices in ways that undermined breastfeeding.
Alison Baum and her energetic team at Breastfeeding Manifesto have 7 objectives and solutions, which raise awareness of the need to support society with breastfeeding and
improve infant feeding practices, so that every child in the UK gets an equal chance to be as healthy as possible.
However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated
with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.
This resulted in a major change from an individualised counselling approach toward a public health approach regarding how maternal and child health services should routinely promote and
support infant feeding practices among mothers living with HIV.
I love learning about the history of
infant feeding practices partly because it gives us a window into society during years that we did not live through and we get to see what the breastfeeding culture was like.
This document provides guidance on
appropriate infant feeding practices and use of ARV drugs for mothers living with HIV to improve the HIV - free survival of HIV - exposed infants
WHO recommends that national authorities in each country decide
which infant feeding practice should be promoted by their maternal and child health services to best avoid HIV transmission from mother to child.
Across our great nation, we have seen maternity wards transform from places historically infused with enormous influence from formula companies and
default infant feeding practices that undermined breastfeeding, to environments in which evidenced - based care is provided, education is free from commercial interests, all infant feeding options are possible, and individual preferences are respected.
Low - income mothers are the least likely to breastfeed their infants as demographics of
infant feeding practices demonstrate (unpublished surveys by Halton — 2002; York Region — 2004 Public Health).
Organizations and individuals involved in breastfeeding and infant and young child nutrition submitted suggestions and recommendations
regarding infant feeding practices to ensure the best possible health outcomes, growth and development, including avoiding the risks of an inadequate supply of vitamin D for Canadian children.
It's wonderfully written, terrifically illustrated, and thoughtfully historical in how it
grounds infant feeding practices in their past and present social context.
To address the issues above, this paper reports on the results of an 18 - year longitudinal study of the relationships
between infant feeding practices and later cognitive ability and academic achievement in a birth cohort of > 1000 New Zealand children studied from birth to age 18 years.
Effect of
early infant feeding practices on infection - specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana Karen M Edmond, Betty R Kirkwood, Seeba Amenga - Etego, Seth Owusu - Agyei, and Lisa S Hurt Beginning Breastfeeding From First Day of Life Reduces Infection Related Deaths in Newborns by 2.6 times.
Postpartum depression,
infant feeding practices, and infant weight gain at six months of age.
Joffe A, Radius S. Breast versus bottle: Correlates of adolescent mothers»
infant feeding practices.
What would Mary think of the mainstream birthing and
infant feeding practices?
12 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, United Kingdom, Infant Feeding Survey 2005: A commentary on
infant feeding practices in the UK, position statement by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, 2008.