Breastfeeding in the U.S.: New National Data, Federal Priorities, and Lessons from the Field
Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 2-3 p.m., EDT

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Handouts, Resources, and Readings

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Presentation Files:

• Anjani Chandra, Ph.D.
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• Suzanne G. Haynes, Ph.D.
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• Karen Hench, R.N., M.S.
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• Bette Begleiter, M.S.W.
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Additional Resources:

• Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  www.4women.gov
• Office on Women’s Health Breastfeeding Initiatives Web page – www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/index.htm
• National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign—Babies were Born to be Breastfed
  www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/bf.cfm?page=Campaign
• HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002
  www.4woman.gov/Breastfeeding/bluprntbk2.pdf
• Breastfeeding in Women’s Health USA 2003. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  www.mchb.hrsa.gov/pages/page_52.htm
• State Title V MCH Directors
  mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/default.htm
• National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  www.cdc.gov/nchs/
• National Survey on Family Growth
  www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg.htm
• Fertility, Family Planning, and Women’s Health: New Data From the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. 128 pp. (PHS) 97-1995
  www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/97facts/nsfgfact.htm
• National Immunization Survey
  http://www.cdc.gov/nis/
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, breastfeeding topics www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/index.htm
• Ross Mothers Survey: Breastfeeding Trends 2002. Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories 2003 http://www.ross.com/images/library/BF_Trends_2002.pdf
• Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; PRAMS www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/PRAMS/index.htm
• Philadelphia Maternity Care Coalition
  www.momobile.org
• Rouwei L, Darling N, Maurice E, Barker L, Grummer-Strawn L. Breastfeeding Rates in the United States by Characteristics of the Child, Mother, or Family: The 2002 National Immunization Survey. Pediatrics. 2005;115:31-37 www.pediatrics.org/cig/content/full/115/1/e31
• Ryan A, Wenjun Z, Acosta A. Breastfeeding Continues to Increase into the New Millennium. Pediatrics. 2002;110:1103-1109
  www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/110/6/1103
• National Center for Education in MCH
  www.ncemch.org/
• National Healthy Start Association
  www.healthystartassoc.org
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, 2004
  www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook.pdf
• United States Breastfeeding Committee
  www.usbreastfeeding.org
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
  www.bfmed.org
• American Pediatric Association, Breastfeeding Resources, www.aap.org/advocacy/bf/aapbrres.htm