Policies
CDC’s goal is to increase breastfeeding rates in the United States
and to promote optimal breastfeeding practices. It is the consensus of
breastfeeding professionals nationwide that this goal can be achieved by
supporting breastfeeding in the family, through places of work, among
health care providers, in the community, and throughout society.
(Reference: HHS
Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding
U.S. Government Breastfeeding Policies
Healthy People 2010,
National Objectives on Breastfeeding
Healthy People 2010 is a national health promotion and disease
prevention initiative that brings together national, state, and local
government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional
organizations, businesses, communities; and individuals to address major
public health issues.
What major
factors have influenced breastfeeding policy throughout the United
States?
Within the Federal Government
- 1984 U.S. Surgeon General’s Workshop on Breastfeeding & Human Lactation
- 1990 Innocenti Declaration, WHO and UNICEF can be found at the UNICEF Web site.*
- 2000 Healthy People 2010: Objectives for Improving Health
-
2000 HHS
Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding
(PDF-468K)
Major Health Professional Organizations' Policies and Positions on Breastfeeding Promotion
- American Academy of Family Physicians*
- American Academy of Pediatrics*
- American College of Nurse-Midwives*
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists*
- American Dietetic Association*
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses*
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners*
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* Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.
Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion