How has
your university supported breastfeeding and caring for your baby while you are a student?
Not exact matches
In addition, other initiatives such as developing a toolkit that
universities can use to develop lactation
support programs is currently being developed to continue to
support breastfeeding parents on college campuses.
Journal of Human Lactation, Volume 13:1 Guigliani ER et al. (1994) «Effect of
breastfeeding support from different sources on mothers» decisions to
breastfeed» Journal of Human Lactation Vol.10: 3 Silverstein L (1996) «Fathering is a feminist issue», Psychology of Women Quarterly 20 (3 - 37) Pruett, K (1987) The Nurturing Father, Warner: NY Dunn J & Kendrick C (1982) Siblings: love, envy and understanding, Harvard
University Press: Cambridge Mass
Co-author of the study Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health at the
University of Dundee, said: «This is the first large - scale study to show an increase in
breastfeeding in communities where rates have been low for generations, and where it can be particularly difficult for women to
breastfeed without strong family and community
support, because of strong societal barriers.
Amy Brown of Swansea
University spoke at the British Science Festival and said not enough is being done to
support new mothers with
breastfeeding.
Research carried out by
University of Brighton has previously identified that in the UK fathers remain an «untapped resource» for
breastfeeding support, and that fathers from diverse backgrounds and circumstances are interested and want to be involved more broadly in preparation for, and
support of,
breastfeeding (Sherriff and Hall, 2011).
Comprised of health professionals from hospitals, clinics, state - level public health departments, and
universities, concerned parents and citizens, and volunteers from community organizations, each member contributes time, energy, and expertise to activities that
support breastfeeding in Pennsylvania.
Paula finds a way to weave
breastfeeding support into most aspects of her life, including her volunteer work as a Houston Greeter doing tours of the Menil Museum /
University of St. Thomas neighborhood.
I'm Cassidy Freitas, Marriage and Family Therapy Intern at the
University of California, San Diego, and today we'll be discussing the role of partner
support in
breastfeeding.
Sabrina Easterling, MPH, IBCLC, ICCE - board - certified lactation consultant at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center; childbirth educator with the
University of California, San Francisco; and founder of Then Comes Baby, a consulting service that provides
breastfeeding support for parents and training to healthcare providers
On Tuesday 9 February, health visitors, midwives, paediatricians, GPs, lactation consultants,
breastfeeding counsellors, peer supporters,
university researchers, professional organisations and charities signed a letter calling for action by the UK Government and National Assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to
support mothers to
breastfeed.
«Beyond
Breastfeeding Promotion: Clinical
Support Techniques for Health Care Providers,» March 26, 1999, St. Paul
University, Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Researchers from the
University of Missouri conducted an analysis of ACA's requirement to determine if any barriers exist for women living in rural areas; they found a lack of compliance with the law, inadequate
breastfeeding information for mothers and lack of
support from co-workers and supervisors.
Babies whose mothers had received
support to
breastfeed exclusively for a sustained period from birth have a 54 % lower risk of eczema at the age of 16, a new study led by researchers from King's College London, Harvard
University,
University of Bristol and McGill
University shows.