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The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
Office of the Surgeon General (US); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); Office on Women's Health (US).
Excerpt
This Call to Action describes specific steps people can take to participate in a society-wide approach to support mothers and babies who are breastfeeding. This approach will increase the public health impact of everyone’s efforts, reduce inequities in the quality of health care that mothers and babies receive, and improve the support that families receive in employment and community settings.
Contents
- Message from the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Foreword from the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- The Importance of Breastfeeding
- Rates of Breastfeeding
- Barriers to Breastfeeding in the United States
- Breastfeeding from the Public Health Perspective
- A Call to Action
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix 1 Actions to Improve Breastfeeding
- Appendix 2 Excess Health Risks Associated with Not Breastfeeding
- Appendix 3 Development of the Call to Action
- Appendix 4 Abbreviations and Acronyms
Suggested citation:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General; 2011.
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