Breastfeeding in the U.S.: New National Data, Federal Priorities, & Lessons from the Field

Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

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Resources

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Presentations

"New Data on Breastfeeding: From the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth", Anjani Chandra, Ph.D.

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"The National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign", Suzanne Haynes, Ph.D.

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"Breastfeeding in the United States: Current Activities of the Health Resources and Services Administration", Karen Hench, R.N., M.S.

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"Putting Breastfeeding into Practice Lessons from the Field", Bette Begleiter, M.S.W.

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Other Resources

State Title V MCH Directors
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/
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, 200
www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook.pdf
United States Breastfeeding Committee
www.usbreastfeeding.org
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
www.bfmed.org