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16-19. Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, Newborn Screening, and Service Systems

ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
16-19. Increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Mothers Who Breastfeed 1998
Baseline		 2010
Target
Percent
16-19a. In early postpartum period 64 75
16-19b. At 6 months 29 50
16-19c. At 1 year 16 25
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : Mothers’ Survey, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Ross Products Division.
OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS
16-19. Increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Mothers Who Breastfeed 1998
Baseline
(unless noted)		 2010
Target
Percent of Mothers
16-19a. In early postpartum period 64 75
16-19b. At 6 months 29 50
16-19c. At 1 year 16 25
16-19d. Exclusively through 3 months 43 (2002) 60
16-19e. Exclusively through 6 months 13 (2002) 25
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: Mothers’ Survey, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Ross Products Division; National Immunization Survey (NIS), CDC, NIP and NCHS.
REVISED OBJECTIVE
16-19. Increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Mothers Who Breastfeed 1998
Baseline
(unless noted)		 2010
Target
Percent of Mothers
16-19a. In early postpartum period 64 75
16-19b. At 6 months 29 50
16-19c. At 1 year 16 25
16-19d. Exclusively through 3 months 43 (2002) 60
16-19e. Exclusively through 6 months 13 (2002) 25
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: Mothers’ Survey, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Ross Products Division; National Immunization Survey (NIS), CDC, NIP and NCHS.

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