Lactation Counselor Training From Healthy Children Project Questions and Answers

Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates since_________ - 1930s In 2015 ______ deaths occured in the neonatal period (according to Liu) - 2.7 million According to research women who do not breastfeed are at a (higher/lower) risk for myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome - Higher According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for __________, _______________, and _________________ cancers - Breast, ovarian, endometrial What are the three strategies for breastfeeding from the WHO? - Promotion, Protection, Support According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happened in the first ______days after leaving the hospital. - 10 Mothers have been found to stop feeding in the first weeks mostly because of __________________. - They are not making enough milk or perceive they are not making enough milk. Previously, the data we had on breastfeeding rates came from the __________________, but in the 1990s, the _____ started to collect data. - formula companies/ CDC In the US, the first "goals of the nation" were developed in___________ for___________ - 1979 for 1990 In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade - the same According to studies by McKinney and colelagues, the mean duration of breastfeeding in black families is more than __________(more/less) than for white families. - 10 weeks less According to the CDC what is one reason there is such a disparity in white and BLack breastfeeding rates? - Hospitals in primarily Black neighborhoods do less to promote nursing than in areas with more white residents. What is one target from the Healthy People 2020 goals that were not met by August of 2019 according to reports? - To reduce the percentage of breastfed newborns that receive breast milk within the first 2 days of life. What does the Global Strategies for Infant and Young Child Feeding emphasize providing parents? - the support they need to follow through and carry out their crucial role! Messages from the breast travel through the______________ system to the _________. Then hormones travel to the__________ through the ____________. - nervous/brain/breast/blood stream From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores functioning per feeding - 3-5 Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland? - Oxytocin & prolactin Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false) - FALSE As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________. - Decrease