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Support
Within
the Family and Community Setting
The following is an
excerpt from the HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding with
recommendation for the family and community. Next, we provide current
programs and resources corresponding to the each bulleted recommendation.
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Excerpt from HHS
Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding
A Blueprint for Action
within the Family and Community Settings
- Develop social
support and information resources for breastfeeding women such as
hotlines, peer counseling, mother-to-mother support groups, etc.
- Launch a public
health marketing campaign portraying breastfeeding as normal,
desirable and achievable
- Encourage the media
to portray breastfeeding as normal, desirable and achievable for women
of all cultures and socioeconomic levels.
- Encourage fathers and
other family members to be actively involved throughout the
breastfeeding experience.
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