National Resources
Work across the nation to support Breastfeeding and Breastfeeding education
Position statements
Policy statements
Articles
Reports
Position and Policy Statements
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A policy statement developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Section on Breastfeeding. (2012). Pediatrics, 129(3), e827-e841. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3552
A revision has been published.
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A policy statement developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition in 2018. In the journal Pediatrics 14 (2).
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A Position statement created by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (2016).
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A position statement developed by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) in 2015. In the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nurses, 44(1), 145-150.
Breastfeeding Articles
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In the journal Pediatrics.
Race is a predictor of breastfeeding rates in the United States, and rates are lowest among African American infants. Few studies have assessed changes in breastfeeding rates by race after implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (hereafter referred to as the Ten Steps), and none have assessed the association between implementation and changes in racial disparities in breastfeeding rates. Our goal was to determine if a hospital- and community-based initiative in the Southern United States could increase compliance with the Ten Steps, lead to Baby-Friendly designation, and decrease racial disparities in breastfeeding.
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A report from UNICEF shares new analysis on breastfeeding practices around the world and sets out key recommendations for governments, the private sector, civil society and communities in low-, middle- and high-income countries to increase breastfeeding rates.
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Prepared in 2007 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0022.
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Supportive breastfeeding strategies guide created by the CDC to improve the initiation, exclusivity and duration of breastfeeding may include addressing hospital practices, supporting workplace accommodations, and building supportive community environments.
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Created by the World Health Organization, a code for international marketing of infant formula and other products used as breast-milk subtitutes to maintain the practice of breastfeeding and improve the health and nutrition of infants and young children.
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This report provides updated information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions (“the Code”) in countries.
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The purpose of this document is to provide simple and easy-to-read information on frequently raised queries about selected aspects of the recommendations detailed in the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) implementation guidance. This document is intended for all those involved in policymaking, and service delivery for pregnant women, families and infants – government officials; national managers of maternal and child health programmes in general.
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A statement from Trish MacEnroe, the Executive Director of Baby-Friendly USA, on the new guidance from WHO and WNICEF on the revised implementation guidance for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI).
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A broad framework that guides the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
National Breastfeeding Websites
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Each sub-section of the breastfeeding section of this website includes current information.
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IBFAN will work through programmes designed for increasing its outreach by building alliances, protecting people from baby food corporations’ misleading propaganda, advocating with governments to hold the baby food corporations accountable, providing technical and planning support to governments, campaigning, training and capacity building. IBFAN is a watch-dog organization, monitoring the compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes, and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions, as well as highlighting conflict of interests in policies and programmes both globally and nationally.
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Baby-Friendly USA (BFUSA) is responsible for coordinating and conducting all activities necessary to confer the prestigious Baby-Friendly® designation and ensure the widespread adoption of the Baby-Friendly Hosptial Initiative in the US.
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit coalition of more than 100 influential professional, educational, and governmental organizations that share a common mission to drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States.
