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Evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers : a resource for midwives and allied healthcare professionals / Maria Pollard.
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Title:Evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers : a resource for midwives and allied healthcare professionals / Maria Pollard.
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Author/Creator:Pollard, Maria, 1965-
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Published/Created:London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WS125 P772e 2012
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Breastfeeding promotion.
Breastfeeding--Health aspects.
Evidence-based medicine.
Allied health personnel.
Midwifery.
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Medical Subjects: Breast Feeding.
Allied Health Personnel.
Lactation.
Maternal Health Services.
Midwifery.
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Description:xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Summary:Breastfeeding is a major public health issue. Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs for their first six months. Research studies also show that breastfeeding helps to protect infants from infection and mothers from some diseases in later life. Breastfeeding rates are low, however, and women need the support of their midwives and health visitors when beginning breastfeeding and throughout their child's infancy. Based on the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly best practice standards for higher education, this accessible textbook addresses all 18 outcomes to ensure that students are equipped with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively promote and support breastfeeding mothers, including: anatomy and physiology, essential skills and good practice guidance, dealing with common problems, public health considerations, babies and mothers with special needs, complementary feeding.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780415499064 (hbk)
0415499062 (hbk)
9780415499071 (pbk.)
0415499070 (pbk.)
9780203808931 (ebk)
0203808932 (ebk)
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Putting breastfeeding into context
Learning outcomes
benefits of breastfeeding
Economic and environmental factors
Who breastfeeds?
UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative
Global and national strategies
Concluding comments
Practice questions
Resources
2. Anatomy and physiology of lactation
Learning outcomes
Relevant anatomy and physiology
physiology of lactation
Constituents of breastmilk
Neonatal adaptation to life
Concluding comments
True or false quiz
Further reading
3. Essential skills for practice
Learning outcomes
Teaching positioning and attachment
Assessing a breastfeed
Expressing breastmilk
Storage of expressed breastmilk
Concluding comments
Quiz
Resources
4. Good practice to promote, initiate and support breastfeeding
Learning outcomes
Breastfeeding policy
Education and training for healthcare professionals
Antenatal preparation
Skin-to-skin contact
Teaching a mother to maintain lactation
Avoiding supplements
Recognising infant feeding cues
Demand feeding
Avoiding teats and dummies
Support groups
Concluding comments
Scenarios
Quiz
Further reading
5. Management of common problems
Learning outcomes
Lactation history
Insufficient milk supply
Nipple pain or trauma
Inverted nipples
Breast engorgement
Blocked ducts
Mastitis
Abscesses
Thrush or candida albicans
Breast refusal
Concluding comments
Scenarios
Resources
6. Supporting mothers with special needs
Learning outcomes
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Tuberculosis
Substance misuse
Delayed lactogenesis
Caesarean section
Diabetes
Obesity
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Postpartum haemorrhage
Breast surgery and anomalies
Epilepsy
Hyperlactation or galactorrhea
Twins
Concluding comments
Scenario
Further reading
Resources
7. Infants with special needs
Learning outcomes
Strategies for care in the neonatal unit
Preterm infants
Jaundice
Hypoglycaemia
Postmature infants
Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)
Weight loss or poor weight gain
Hypernatraemic dehydration
Vitamin D supplementation
Discharge planning
Concluding comments
Scenarios
Further reading
8. Alternative methods of infant feeding when breastfeeding is not possible
Learning outcomes
Supplementary and complementary feeding
Alternatives to breastfeeding
Donor milk
Formula feeding
Sterilisation, preparation and reconstitution of formula milk
Concluding comments
Reflective questions
Resources
9. Introducing solid foods
Learning outcomes
Introducing solid food
Advice on food types for parents
Concluding comments
Scenario
Further reading
10. Ongoing support for breastfeeding mothers
Learning outcomes
Breastfeeding support
Returning to work
Sexual activity
Family planning: lactational amenorrhoea method
Breastfeeding during pregnancy: tandem nursing
Relactation or induced lactation
Concluding comments
Reflective questions
Resources
11. Developing knowledge and skills to support breastfeeding mothers
Learning outcomes
Informed choice
Communication skills
Learning about breastfeeding
Concluding comments
Reflective questions.