POPLINE Document Number: 121077
Author(s):
Labbok MH
Source citation:
In: Breastfeeding policy: the role of U.S.-based international organizations. Report of a panel presentation at the NCIH Annual Meeting, June, 1989, edited by John T. Queenan, Miriam H. Labbok, and Katherine Krasovec. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University, Institute for International Studies in Natural Family Planning, 1990 May. :19-20. (Institute Issues Report No. 5)
Abstract:
The Institute for International Studies in Natural Family Planning (IISNFP), based in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University, has reformulated its breast feeding strategy to focus on three areas: policy change, health care provider development, and provider support for introduction of the lactational amenorrhea method derived from the Bellagio Consensus Statement. IISNFP is collaborating with other universities and research organizations to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of breast feeding interventions and develop curricula for health professionals. In addition, IISNFP distributes Institute Issues Reports aimed at policy and program decision makers and is collaborating with the IMPACT program to produce a booklet for policy makers entitled "Breast Feeding: Protecting a Natural Resource." Finally, through its role as Technical Secretariat to the Interagency Group for Action on Breast Feeding, the Institute is helping to forge an international breast feeding strategy for the 1990s and to develop a definitional schema that differentiates between levels of full and partial breast feeding.
Keywords:
United StatesIndex page
Developing Countries
Breastfeeding
Promotion
Lactational Amenorrhea Method
Nongovernmental Organizations
Universities
Policy
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Infant Nutrition
Nutrition
Health
Marketing
Economic Factors
Family Planning, Behavioral Methods
Family Planning
Organizations
Schools
Education