The Healthy People 2020 established a goal "to increase to at least 82 percent the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their infants.". List three barriers to achieving the nation's health objective for increasing the incidence of breastfeeding
A number of barriers to achieving the nation's health objective for increasing the incidence of breastfeeding have been identified. They include:
• Lack of knowledge
• An absence of work policies and facilities that support lactating women (for example, extended maternity leave, part-time employment, facilities for pumping breast milk or breastfeeding, and on-site child care)
• The portrayal of bottle feeding rather than breastfeeding as the norm in the American society.
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A young woman comes into your office for a lactation consultation complaining that her 1-month-old baby is colicky and slow to gain weight. Her baby requires 6 to 7 diaper changes each day and suffers from diarrhea. She tells you she allows the baby to nurse equally on each breast so that she does not feel "overfull"; she is desperate for help and asks your advice on what to do. A 24-hour diet
history provides the following information about her eating habits. Breakfast: cereal, milk, banana, and walnut pieces; sometimes she has eggs Lunch: peanut butter sandwich, salad, and grapes with a glass of milk Dinner: fish or chicken, vegetables, potato or rice, applesauce, and milk Snacks: change daily, but she likes trail mix because it is easy to eat when nursing What is likely happening to this baby and causing the diarrhea? a. The baby is not latched on properly. b. The mother is not producing enough breast milk. c. The baby is getting too much foremilk and not enough hindmilk. d. The baby has a poor suckle. e. The baby is lactose intolerant.
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a. diurenic b. dispeptic c. diabolic d. diurnal e. diuretic
A FALCPA statement is required on _____
a. seafood collected from red tide areas b. unpasteurized juices c. foods that contain peanuts d. low-acid canned foods