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T or F: Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates since the 1930s.
✔Correct Answer--True; but not until the 1990s in the U.S.
In 2015, ______ million deaths occurred in the neonatal period, according to Liu. ✔Correct
Answer--2.7 million
The 1,000 days campaign tells us that ____ percent pf children are stunted as a result of
malnutrition. ✔Correct Answer--25%
T or F: The infant mortality rates are higher when born to non-Hispanic black women due to
structural racism. ✔Correct Answer--True
Bartick and colleagues' work tell us that, in the U.S., "for every _______ women who breastfeed
optimally, one maternal or child death is prevented." ✔Correct Answer--597
T or F: According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at lower risk for myocardial
infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome. ✔Correct Answer--False
T or F: According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at greater risk of breast,
endometrial, and ovarian cancer. ✔Correct Answer--True
What are the three strategies from the World Health Organization for breastfeeding? ✔Correct
Answer--Promotion, Support, and Protection are the three strategies
Fabella, the first hospital in the world to be designated Baby- Friendly is in the country of:
✔Correct Answer--Phillippines
One of the changes at Fabella after the UNICEF video was filmed was to have babies: ✔Correct
Answer--Go skin-to-skin in the first hour
For a hospital in a country with low resources, increasing the rates of breastfeeding in the hospital
can result in: ✔Correct Answer--Measurable financial savings for the hospital
Which of the following is true?
-Research showed education decreased any breastfeeding.
-Research showed that breastfeeding rates at discharge were the only rates that improved with
education.
-The researchers were able to show that training hospital staff improved breastfeeding at a year but
not at 6 months.
-Researchers were able to show that training hospital staff improved both breastfeeding exclusivity at
discharge and any breastfeeding rates at 6 months. ✔Correct Answer--Researchers were able to
show that training hospital staff improved both breastfeeding exclusivity at discharge and any
breastfeeding rates at 6 months.
T or F: Systematic Reviews and Case Studies constitute the highest level of evidence. ✔Correct
Answer--False; Case studies are lowest level of evidence.
, At the Healthy Children Project, we believe in using ________ to guide practice. ✔Correct Answer--
High level evidence
The CLC credential is accredited by ANSI. ✔Correct Answer--True
Why is breastfeeding so difficult for some parents? ✔Correct Answer--Reason #1: Unrealistic
expectations
When looking at breastfeeding rates, the fastest drop- off is within ______ days of discharge from the
hospital. ✔Correct Answer--10 days; Mother's problems at 3 to 7 days posed the greatest risk to
stopping.
T or F: According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happens in the first 10 days
after leaving the hospital. ✔Correct Answer--True
Mothers have been found to stop breastfeeding in the first week mostly because of:
What are some other reasons parents give up on breastfeeding? (3) ✔Correct Answer--Not enough
milk and fears about milk supply
Other reasons:
-Baby cannot or will not latch
-Breast pain and soreness
-Going back to work or school (around week 10-12)
Previously, the data we had on breastfeeding rates came from the ______________, but in the
1990s, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started to collect data. ✔Correct
Answer--Infant formula companies
In the United States, the first "Goals for the Nation" were developed in ________________.
✔Correct Answer--In the late 70s for 1990
In the 1980s, the U.S. breastfeeding rates were: ✔Correct Answer--Were much the same at the
beginning and end of the decade.
According to studies by Mckinney and colleagues, the mean duration of breastfeeding in weeks for
black families is: ✔Correct Answer--More than 10 weeks less than for white families
T or F: According to the CDC, one reason that there is such a disparity in white and black
breastfeeding is that "hospitals in neighborhoods with many black residents do less to promote
nursing than those in areas with more white residents." ✔Correct Answer--True
T or F: Partial breastfeeding became more common in the 1990s. ✔Correct Answer--True
One target in the Healthy People 2020 Objectives that had not been met by August 2019, according
to the report discussed, was:
-Increase the proportion of live births that occur in facilities that provide recommended care for
lactation mothers and their babies.
-Increase the proportion of infants are breastfed ever.