title: Breast feeding and the community.
abstract: The attitudes of different communities to breast feeding are compared. The ways to promote and encourage breast feeding are discussed with particular reference to the benefits of breast feeding to the child, mother, family and the community.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009520:New Zealand; D012943:Social Security; D012945:Social Values; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D013997:Time Factors