Title |
Is breastfeeding really invisible, or did the health care system just choose not to notice it?
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Published in |
International Breastfeeding Journal, August 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-4358-3-13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Chris Mulford |
Abstract |
There are innumerable myths and misconceptions about breastfeeding that minimize its importance; these often keep health workers from providing effective care to support and protect breastfeeding. They are compounded by lack of basic and applied research, and by the cultural invisibility of breastfeeding in the United States. This paper highlights some of the blind spots and suggests the importance of an approach that places breastfeeding promotion and advocacy within the context of women's lives. As we work to ensure that the health care system provides good breastfeeding care, we need to guard against letting the medicalization of infant feeding keep us from remembering that breastfeeding is something that mothers and children do, in all the aspects of their private and public lives. |
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Germany | 1 | 50% |
United States | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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United States | 1 | 4% |
Unknown | 25 | 96% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 15% |
Student > Master | 4 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
Professor | 2 | 8% |
Other | 7 | 27% |
Unknown | 2 | 8% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 23% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 12% |
Psychology | 2 | 8% |
Arts and Humanities | 2 | 8% |
Other | 4 | 15% |
Unknown | 3 | 12% |