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The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
In the United States, most mothers want – and try – to breastfeed. Unfortunately, one mother’s interest alone is not always enough to make breastfeeding possible. Rates of breastfeeding in the United States vary widely because of the multiple and complex barriers mothers face when starting and continuing to breastfeed.
With this Call to Action, the Surgeon General seeks to make it possible for every mother who wishes to breastfeed to be able to do so by shifting how we as a nation think and talk about breastfeeding.
The information below summarizes some of the key findings and action steps from the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.
Action Guides
- Doctors In Action
(PDF-667k) - Nurses In Action (PDF-699k)
- Health Care Leaders In Action (PDF-787k)
Executive Summary
Complete Report
Additional Resources
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocols
Non-Pharmacologic Management of Procedure-Related Pain in the Breastfeeding Infant – English
Peripartum BF Management – English
Supplementation – English
Going Home/Discharge – English
Engorgement - English
Mastitis – English
Cosleeping and Breastfeeding – English
Human Milk Storage – English
Jaundice – English
Hypoglycemia – English
Breastfeeding the Near-term Infant (currently under revision) – English
Neonatal Ankyloglossia (currently under revision) – English
NICU Graduate Going Home (currently under revision) – English
Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant – English
Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate – English
Galactogogues – English
Contraception and Breastfeeding – English
Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother – English
Use of Antidepressants in Nursing Mothers – English
Breastfeeding and the Drug-Dependant Woman – English
The Breastfeeding-Friendly Physicians’ Office Part 1: Optimizing Care for Infants and Children – English
Model Hospital Policy – English
Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting – English
