Breastfeeding Research & Resources
This page has information in seven categories:
- Breastfeeding Saves Lives & Prevents Disease
- Breastfeeding Rates & Health Care Costs
- Hospital Practice Impact on Breastfeeding
- Quality Improvement Projects Related to Breastfeeding
- Insurance Coverage & Reimbursement
- Breastfeeding & Return to Work
- Consumer Advocacy & Resources for Breastfeeding Mothers
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Breastfeeding Saves Lives & Prevents Disease
- Acute and Chronic Disease Risk Summary:
- Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis | Pediatrics | 2011
- Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries | Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2007 Meta-analysis
- Necrotizingentrocolitis (NEC)
- Prevention of NEC | Dr. Jae Kim for Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon | 2010
- See also the presentations listed under BCO webpage Donor Human Milk
- Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes:
- Breastfeeding During Infancy and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2008
- Duration of Lactation and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes | Journal American Medical Association | 2008
- Does Breastfeeding Influence Risk of Tupe 2 Diabetes in Later Life | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2006 | Qualitative Analysis
- Breastfeeding After Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy | American Diabetes Association | 2007
- Obesity:
- Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood | British Medical Journal | 2005 | Cohort study
- Do Infants Fed From Bottles Lack Self-Regulation of Milk Intake Compared with Directly Breastfed Infants? | Pediatrics | 2010
- Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of pediatric overweight? | CDC Research to Practice Series | 2007
- Influence of Parents' Eating Behaviors and Child Feeding Practices on Children's Weight Status | Obesity Vol 14 | 2006
- Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of Overweight: A Meta-Anaysis | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2005
- Association Between Infant Breastfeeding and Overweight in Young Children | Journal American Medical Association | 2009
Breastfeeding Rates & Healthcare Costs
- Breastfeeding Rates
- CDC Breastfeeding Report Card | 2010
- Factors Associated With Exclusive Breastfeeding in the United States | Pediatrics | 2011
- Breastfeeding and US Healthcare Dollars
- The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States: A Pediatric Cost Analysis | Pediatrics | 2010
- The Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Review and Analysis | Food and Rural Economics Division of USDA | 2001
- Economic Benefits of Breastfeeding | United States Breastfeeding Committee | 2002
- Health Care Reform: Improving Breastfeeding Support Will Save Billions | One-page policy brief | United States Breastfeeding Committee | 2009
- Hospital Evidence-Based Lactation Services:
- An Economic Cost Analysis of Becoming a Baby-Friendly Hospital | Prepared for University of Texas Health Services Center at San Antonio | 2009
- Cost Comparison of Baby-Friendly and Non-Baby Friendly Hospitals in the United States | Pediatrics | 2011
- Hospital Financial Assessment: NICU Lactation Program Justification | Medela
- Annual Cost of Necrotizingentrocolitis (NEC) | Medela
- Obesity Costs
- Economic Burden of Obesity in Youths Aged 6-17 Years: 1979-1999 | Pediatrics | 2002
- The Lifetime Medical Cost Burden for Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Obesity Prevention | Obesity Vol 16 | 2008
- Insurance and Breastfeeding Services
- Note: Pease see below section: Insurance Coverage and Reimbursement
Hospital Practice Impact on Breastfeeding
- Birth Hospital Practices in the US Impact on Breastfeeding
- Effect of Maternity-Care Practices on Breastfeeding | Pediatrics | 2008
- Closing the Quality Gap: Evidence-Based Breastfeeding Care in the Hospital | Pediatrics 2009
- Health System Factors Contributing to Breastfeeding Success | Pediatrics | 1999
- Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices at Hospital and Birth Centers - United States, 2007 | CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | 2008
- What Are the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and Why Do We Need Them? | Baby-Friendly USA
- Tools for assessment and change
- The Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measure Set | The Joint Commission | 2010
- Implementing The Joint Commission Perinatal Care Core Measure on Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding | United States Breastfeeding Committee | 2010
- CDC National Survey of Maternity Care Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey Overview | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2011
- Using the Self-Appraisal Tool to Review Policies and Practices | Baby-Friendly USA Implementing the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the US | 2011
- Lactation Consultant Staffing Guidelines for Hospitals | United States Lactation Consultant Association | 2010
- Specific practices after delivery
- Impact of Hospital Policies on Breastfeeding Outcomes | Breastfeeding Medicine | 2008
- Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast-milk substitutes | World Health Organization and UNICEF | 1992
- Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals: the Impact of Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs on Breastfeeding | American Journal of Public Health | 2008
- Trends in US Hospital Distribution of Industry-Sponsored Infant Formula Sample Packs | Pediatrics | 2011
- Statement on Marketing of Human Milk Substitutes | United States Breastfeeding Committee | 2011
Quality Improvement Projects Related to Breastfeeding
- Large-Scale Systems Change:
- Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) Toolkit | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation QI project for Nurses, featuring "Rapid Cycle Test of Change" as a signature element | 2008
- Planning for Scale: A Guide for Designing Large-Scale Improvement Initiatives | Institute for Healthcare Improvement | 2008
- Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care | Implementation Science | 2009
- After the Collaborative is Over: What Sustains Quality Improvement Initiativves in Primary Care Practices? | The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety | 2009
- Examples From State-level Initiatives to Related to Breastfeeding:
- Oregon Hospital Partnering for Evidence-Based Infant Nutrition (OEBIN) | Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon | 2011
- One Hospital At a Time: Overcoming Barriers to Breastfeeding | California WIC and UC Davis Human Lactation Center | 2011
- Model Online Hospital Policy Recommendation Toolkit | California Department of Health
- Birth and Beyond California: a continuous quality improvement project for hospitals | California Department of Health
- Getting It Right After Delivery: Five Hospital Practices That Support Breastfeeding | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | 2007
- Crib Cards Given to Parents To Take To The Hospital | English & Spanish | Colorado WIC | 2008
- Massachusetts Baby-Friendly Collaborative: Lessons Learned From an Innovation to Foster Implementation of Best Practices | Journal of Human Lactation | 2010
- Washington Maternity Care Practices Initiative | Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington | 2011
Insurance Coverage & Reimbursement
- Health Plan Coverage and Opportunities:
- The Business Case for Investing in Maternal and Child Health | National Business Group on Health |
- Maximizing Quality and Value in Medicaid: Using Return on Investment Forecasting to Support Effective Policymaking | The Commonwealth Fund | 2009
- Oregon Health Insurers Partnering for Prevention: Breastfeeding Summary | Oregon Public Health Institute | 2011
- Oregon Health Insurers Partnering for Prevention: Maternity Care Practices Brief | Oregon Public Health Institute | 2011
- Medela insurance webpage includes questions to ask, basic coding info, filing a claim, disputing a claim, and sample letters to insurers.
- Reimbursement of Donor Human Milk for Preterm Infants | National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- Identifying and Treating Maternal Depression: Strategies and Considerations for Health Plans | National Institute for Health Care Management Issue Brief | 2010
Breastfeeding & Return to Work
- Impact of Return to Work on Breastfeeding Success:
- The Effect of Work Status on Initiation and Duration of Breast-Feeding | American Journal of Public Health | 1998
- Breastfeeding in the Workplace: Is Legislation Effective? | Marinelli
- Workplace Lactation Support, Part 1: A Return-to-Work Breastfeeding Assessment Tool | Journal of Human Lactation | 1998
- Comparison of Maternal Absenteeism and Infant Illness Rates Among Breast-feeding and Formula-feeding Women in Two Corporations | American Journal of Health Promotion | 1994
- Policy Statements & Resources:
- US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet #73: Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the FLSA | USDOL | 2010
- Workplace Breastfeeding Support | United States Breastfeeding Committee | 2002
Consumer Advocacy & Resources for Breastfeeding Mothers
- Consumer Advocacy:
- International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes | World Health Organization | 1981
- MotherBaby Network of Lane County
- Best for Babes
- Breastfeeding Resources:
- 2011 Speak Up for Breastfeeding Campaign | The Joint Commission | 2011 | More information and materials in other formats and languages available on their website.
- 2011 Breastmilk Storage Guidelines | WIC Western States Contracting Alliance | 2011
- BCO website, Moms section
- La Leche League International
- KellyMom
- Milk for Thought
- United States Breastfeeding Coalition
