Breastfeeding Resources for Health Professionals

Documents & promotional materials

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

Evidence of Lactobacillus reuteri to reduce colic in breastfed babies: systematic review and meta-analysis

Dos Reis Buzzo Zermiani, A. P., de Paula Soares, A., [...]

By ABA Rose|23 February 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastfed baby, colic, crying, early weaning, Lactobacillus reuteri, maternal depression, newborn, probiotic|

Breastmilk as a multisensory intervention for relieving pain during newborn screening procedures: a randomized control trial

Lan, H.-Y., Yang, L., Lin, C.-H., Hsieh, K.-H., Chang, Y.-C., [...]

By ABA Rose|23 February 2022|Categories: Research Summaries|Tags: breastmilk, infant health, multisensory intervention, newborn screening, pain relief|

Weaning

By ABA Rose|23 February 2022|Categories: Factsheets|Tags: breastfed baby, breastfeeding, emotional needs, physical needs, weaning|

ABA Professional News – January 2022

Hi everyone, Welcome to the first edition of Professional Express [...]

By Naomi Hull|31 January 2022|Categories: Monthly News|Tags: breastfeeding counselling skills, COVID-19, eLearning module, Health Professional Seminar Series, january 2022, MAIF Agreement, monthly news, Naomi Hull, World Health Organization|

Breastfeeding and health outcomes

By ABA Rose|27 January 2022|Categories: Factsheets|Tags: breastfeeding, cancers, childhood infections, health outcomes, maternal wellbeing|

Breastfeeding and returning to work

Alice Greenwood IBCLC, Certificate IV in Breastfeeding Education Returning to [...]

By ABA Rose|25 January 2022|Categories: Feature Articles|Tags: breastfeeding, childcare, expressing breastmilk, flexible working arrangements, return to work, storing breastmilk|