Breastfeeding Resources for Health Professionals

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ABA produces resources that are available free of charge to health services. These resources promote the Breastfeeding Helpline and other ABA services that support breastfeeding mothers and their families

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10960NAT Diploma of Breastfeeding Management

Designed with your needs as a health professional in mind

This course will help you to further develop your skills and knowledge in lactation support.

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Breastfeeding counselling skills for health professionals

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A health professional’s guide to ABA’s updated information on engorgement, localised breast inflammation and mastitis

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Infant and young child feeding - Global and Australian guidance

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Videos

Breastfeeding Basics

Breastfeeding: Getting started (0:06)

Chapter 1: Starting out (0:32)

Chapter 2: Getting closer (1:55)

Chapter 3: What to expect (3:55)

Chapter 4: Feeding cues (5:04)

Chapter 5: Making feeding comfortable for you and baby (6:03)

Baby-led attachment (6:52)

Mother-led attachment (7:39)

Chapter 6: How do I know if baby is getting enough? (10:58)

Hand expressing (12:02)

Reverse pressure softening (12:13)

Chapter 7: Help and encouragement (12:30)

Articles

Night-waking of infants and toddlers

By ABA Rose|26 July 2022|Categories: Factsheets|Tags: bed-sharing, co-sleeping, disrupted sleep, infant, nap, night-waking, sleep behaviour, sleeping patterns, toddler|

ABA Professional News – July 2022

Hi everyone, Happy World Breastfeeding Week for next week (1 [...]

By ABA Rose|26 July 2022|Categories: Monthly News|Tags: breach, infant food security, WBW, WHO code, World Breastfeeding Week, World Health Organization|

Australia’s Role in Global Infant Food Security: Implications of the US Milk Formula Shortage

By Libby Salmon, Dr Julie Smith and Dr Phil Baker [...]

By ABA Rose|26 July 2022|Categories: Feature Articles|Tags: Australia, bacterial contamination, economic crises, food safety, formula shortage, global infant food security, global market, infant death, infant formula shortage, natural disasters, United States of America, WHO, World Health Organization|

Breast milk and the importance of chrononutrition

Caba-Flores, M. D., Ramos-Ligonio, A., Camacho-Morales, A., Martínez-Valenzuela, C., Viveros-Contreras, [...]

By ABA Rose|25 July 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: basal metabolic health, body temperature, breastmilk, breastmilk composition, chrononutrition, circadian rhythms, development, eating patterns, exclusive breastfeeding, glucocorticoids, growth, hormones, lipids, milk components, newborn, nutritional balance|

A review of the disruption of breastfeeding supports in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in five Western countries and applications for clinical practice

Turner, S., McGann, B., & Brockway, M. (2022). A review [...]

By ABA Rose|25 July 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: Australia, bonding, breastfeeding, Canada, COVID-19, duration, exclusive breastfeeding, healthcare, healthcare precautions, infant, initiation, lockdown, mother, mother infant separation, New Zealand, pandemic, public health, rooming-in, skin-to-skin contact, United Kingdom, United States of America, Western countries, WHO, World Health Organization|

Digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes: A systematic scoping review

Jones, A., Bhaumik, S., Morelli, G., Zhao, J., Hendry, M., [...]

By ABA Rose|25 July 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: algorithms, BMS, BMS marketing, BMS promotion, breastmilk substitutes, digital marketing, formula, International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, marketing, privacy, social media, WHA, WHO, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization|