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Report
of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
In 1984, the Office of
the Surgeon General held the first workshop on breastfeeding and human
lactation that resulted in the following recommendations:
- strengthen the
support of breastfeeding in the health care system
- improve professional
education in human lactation and breastfeeding
- develop public
education and promotional efforts
- develop a broad
range of support services in the community
- initiate a national
breastfeeding promotion effort directed to women in the work force and
expand research on human lactation and breastfeeding.
In 1985 and 1991,
follow-up reports to the Surgeon General's workshop were developed to
describe the various breastfeeding promotion activities emanating from the
workshop, such as legislation, policies, resolutions, guidelines,
meetings, publications, media campaigns, service delivery models, support
systems, and research.
For more
information, see the following citations:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Report of the Surgeon
General's workshop on breastfeeding and human lactation. Rockville, MD:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Health Resources and Services Administration; 1984. Publication. No.
HRS-D-MC 84-2.
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Follow up Report: The Surgeon
General's workshop on breastfeeding & human lactation.
Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health
Service, Health Resources and Services Administration; 1985.
Publication No. HRS-D-MC 85-2.
Spisak, S, Gross
S. Second follow up report: The Surgeon General's Workshop on
breastfeeding & human lactation. Washington, DC: National
Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health; 1991.
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