title: Optimal infant health through breastfeeding.
abstract: The American Academy of Pediatricians advocates that mothers breastfeed their infants for a full year. Home care providers can get involved by having skilled nurses visit soon after mothers and babies get home or by providing services such as lactation consultants or doulas.
authors.affiliation: National Association for Home Care, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dittbrenner
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010372:Pediatrics; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States