health-public - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/health-public/ Breastfeeding and Parenting Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:51:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://kellymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kellymom_badge128-65x65.jpg health-public - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/health-public/ 32 32 Perceived Insufficient Milk https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/perceived-insufficient-milk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=perceived-insufficient-milk Wed, 14 May 2014 15:41:09 +0000 http://kellymom.com/?p=10750 Perceived low milk production, also called Perceived Insufficient Milk (Neifert & Bunik, 2013), is present when a mother is producing enough milk for her baby, but she believes she is not, often because she incorrectly assigns certain normal behaviors of her baby as hunger or dissatisfaction at the breast.

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]]> Maternity Leave and Breastfeeding Rates https://kellymom.com/blog-post/maternity-leave-bf-rates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maternity-leave-bf-rates https://kellymom.com/blog-post/maternity-leave-bf-rates/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 03:13:29 +0000 http://kellymom.com/?p=9355 Here's another interesting infographic that looks at both maternity leave and breastfeeding rates in some developed countries. There are a number of studies that show a positive correlation between length of maternity leave and breastfeeding rates, but it is hard to see major trends in this particular graphic. There are many variables that influence breastfeeding rates from country to country, and maternity leave is only one of them.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/maternity-leave-bf-rates/feed/ 9 Motherhood and the $13 Billion Guilt https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherhood-and-the-13-billion-guilt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motherhood-and-the-13-billion-guilt https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherhood-and-the-13-billion-guilt/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:42:30 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=470 From Melissa Bartick… Motherhood and the $13 Billion Guilt Since this month’s publication of my paper “The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States” in Pediatrics with Arnold Reinhold, I’m often asked by reporters what the US can do better to improve our breastfeeding rates. I’ve also gotten quite a few comments asking if […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/motherhood-and-the-13-billion-guilt/feed/ 1 NYC Targets Black Women for Breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/nyc-targets-black-women-for-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nyc-targets-black-women-for-breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/nyc-targets-black-women-for-breastfeeding/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:48:27 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=461 NYC Targets Black Women for Breastfeeding Public hospitals in New York City are marketing breastfeeding directly to their patients, a third of whom are African American. The plan is part of a goal to obtain official “Baby Friendly” designations for 11 hospitals.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/nyc-targets-black-women-for-breastfeeding/feed/ 0 What about the maternal health impact of suboptimal breastfeeding? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:36:00 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=416 An analysis that is missing half the equation I was pleased to see Melissa Bartick’s effort to appraise US policy-makers of the economic costs of suboptimal breastfeeding. However, any analysis that is missing the effects of lactation on maternal health will grossly underestimate the true costs to the US of suboptimal breastfeeding.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/feed/ 0 A great commentary: Is it wrong to talk about the public health importance of breastfeeding? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/a-great-commentary-is-it-wrong-to-talk-about-the-public-health-importance-of-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-great-commentary-is-it-wrong-to-talk-about-the-public-health-importance-of-breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/a-great-commentary-is-it-wrong-to-talk-about-the-public-health-importance-of-breastfeeding/#respond Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:27:52 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=381 Is it wrong to talk about the public health importance of breastfeeding? phdoula.blogspot.com So there was this article in Pediatrics that estimated there are 911 preventable deaths a year in the U.S. due to lack of breastfeeding. Should we not say that? The comments sections of a lot of the media coverage of this article, […]

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