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Breastfeeding Promotion & Support

Introduction

The Bureau of Nutrition & Health Promotion provides technical assistance to health care professionals and local breastfeeding taskforces in their efforts in supporting breastfeeding mothers and infants.

Breastfeeding Rates in Iowa

According to the Iowa Newborn Metabolic Screening Profile Feeding Report, Iowa counties continue to see a steady increase in the number of infants who are breastfed at birth. The Iowa Breastfeeding Incidence for 2007-2011 document gives breastfeeding rates by county for each of the five years indicated.

Iowa Breastfeeding Incidence 2007-2011

Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition

The Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition (IBC) is a state breastfeeding coalition whose mission is to provide, promote and coordinate breastfeeding education, support and evaluation through location coalitions, healthcare providers, education institutions, and other interested individuals. IBC meetings are held in January, May and September each year and are open to anyone interested in supporting breastfeeding mothers and babies.

Breastfeeding Resources

The following resources are available for use by healthcare professionals who provide counseling to breastfeeding mothers. If you would like to adapt these materials for your program, please contact (515) 281-4919.

Program Documents

Counseling Guides for Health Care Professionals
Counseling Guides for Health Care Professionals are one-page guides intended for use by health care professionals when counseling mothers.

Guidelines for Healthy Full-Term Infants
Professional Breastfeeding Publications
Breastfeeding Bookfinder
Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition Resources

Women's Health

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