Report from CAPC/CPNP (Community Action Program for Children/Canada Prenatal Program) on practices that influence breastfeeding initiation and duration among women who access CAPC/CPNP funded programs.
4th Edition Guidelines will help us achieve the objective that we all share--a healthy and satisfying pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience for all mothers, babies and families.
This paper provides a summary of various cultural beliefs and practices underlying breastfeeding and related infant feeding practices in Canada. It serves as a stepping stone to a mutual respect and understanding of cultural diversity.
Report summarizes results of two telephone surveys of new mothers in the Region of Peel. The study was a follow-up to a survey carried out in 2000 with the primary purpose of determining the breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in Peel.
Submitted by the Ontario Public Health Agency (OPHA) Breastfeeding Workgroup with the hope that it will increase awareness around the issue of informed decision making and infant feeding in order to change policy and practice.
Submitted by the Ontario Public Health Agency Breastfeeding Workgroup in 2007 to revise the original Breastfeeding Position Paper adopted by the OPHA in 1993.
Breastfeeding clinical information
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