Info Reports, Breastfeeding Questions Answered: A Guide for Providers

Breastfeeding
Questions Answered:
A Guide for Providers

This guide answers questions that women often ask about breastfeeding.

March 2006
Issue No. 5

The INFO Project • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health • Center for Communication Programs • 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA • 410-659-6300 • www.infoforhealth.org

TOPICS:
Practicing Breastfeeding
Breastmilk Value
Maintaining Breast Health
Family Planning
Illness or Infection

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How To Use This Guide

This guide offers health care providers a quick reference and easy-to-understand answers to some of the most common breastfeeding questions that pregnant women and mothers, their families, and community members have. It is a companion tool to the “Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives” Population Report. The answers in the guide are based on the latest evidence and international recommendations presented in the Population Report. We hope this tool will make counseling on breastfeeding easier. It is meant to complement existing reference guides and training materials on breastfeeding. We welcome your comments on this guide and its usefulness to you in your work. Please send an e-mail message to inforeports@infoforhealth.org.

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