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Links to other websitesMedia (commercials, etc.) | Organizations | Websites Articles: Language | Guilt | Education | Formula Marketing MediaAustralian Breastfeeding Association TV ads. Two TV ads can be viewed at the top of this page. INFANT Canada Radio Public Service Announcement. Cut 1 of 4 humorous public service announcements produced for the theme "Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies" by Moxy Fruvous can be listened to on the introduction page. Get the CD here. Radio public service announcement for World Breastfeeding Week 2004 by Steve Lester. The Lester Family also has two tapes sharing the joys of life with a nursing baby. AdCouncil US National Breastfeeding Campaign. View public service announcements for TV, radio and print. Exclusive Breastfeeding Ads. Two radios ads for exclusive breastfeeding from the USAID Nigeria Integrated Health Program Advocacy OrganizationsWABA - World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action. WABA is a global network of organizations and individuals who believe breastfeeding is the right of all children and mothers and who dedicate themselves to protect, promote and support this right. WABA acts on the Innocenti Declaration and works in liaison with UNICEF. WABA coordinates World Breastfeeding Week each year and the Mother-Friendly Workplace initiative, among other things. IBFAN. The International Baby Food Action Network is a partnership of over 150 groups in over 90 countries, and is growing all the time. An aim of all groups is improving infant health through the protection of breastfeeding. Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent World Health Assembly Resolutions relating to infant nutrition is a key part of IBFAN's work. National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (NABA) is the organization representing IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) and WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action) in the United States. United States Breastfeeding Committee The United States Breastfeeding Committee, Inc. is comprised of governmental, educational and not-for-profit organizations that share a common mission: To improve the Nation's health by working collaboratively to protect, promote and support breastfeeding INFACT Canada Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT) Canada, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization, works to promote optimal infant and maternal health through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. INFACT Canada is the North American representative for IBFAN. You can get info on the Nestle boycott here. You MUST see their great breastfeeding posters. Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India BPNI is a national network of organizations and individuals dedicated to promote mother and child health through protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Promotion at the American Academy of Pediatrics includes electronic copies of their breastfeeding newsletter Breastfeeding: Best For Baby and Mother Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles has excellent resources and information for both professionals and parents. Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition has excellent resources and information for both professionals and parents. Don't miss their tools for health care providers: Management Guidelines for healthy term newborns (available in various forms, including PDA software). San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition has excellent articles and other resources for parents and professionals. Building Breastfeeding Friendly Communities from the Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition. Wonderful resources for supporting breastfeeding in the workplace, childcare centers, health care clinics, public spaces, conferences/meetings and places of worship.
WebsitesProMoM: Promotion of Mother's Milk, Inc. Home of "101 Reasons to Breastfeed Your Child" and "The Three Minute Activist." This site also includes over 50 breastfeeding articles, an art gallery and discussion forums. HathorTheCowGoddess.com Hathor the Cowgoddess "is a militant superhero who wants to save humanity through the combination of nurture, sustainability and bonding inherent in the practice of attachment parenting..." Browse through Heather Cushman-Dowdee's cartoons, writings and other creations. 007 Breasts Encourages breastfeeding by objecting to the view of breasts as taboo and sexual objects. Answers & resources for why women fail to breastfeed or wean early. Also includes wonders of breastmilk and breastfeeding, why women wear bras, legal issues with bare breasts, free breastfeeding picture gallery, and more. Militant Breastfeeding Cult Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they should feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference. Breastfeeding book reviews, diaries and community. Beanmom's Nursing Advocacy Links Links to sites which sell products that advocate and support breastfeeding!
ArticlesLanguageWatch Your Language! This article is by Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC. It's reprinted from the Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1996. Don't miss it - it can really change the way you think - and talk - about breastfeeding.
GuiltBreastfeeding and Guilt by Dr. Jack Newman. "One of the most powerful arguments many health professionals, government agencies and formula company manufacturers make for not promoting and supporting breastfeeding is that we should 'not make the mother feel guilty for not breastfeeding'". Dr. Jack explains why this argument is not valid. The Guilt Issue by Nancy E. Wight, MD, FAAP, IBCLC The Real Breastfeeding Issue Goes Far Beyond Mere Guilt by Cynthia Good Mojab, MS Guilty Secrets by Lesley McBurney BA, ABA Breastfeeding Counsellor, from Essence. 1999;35(4).
EducationHelping Mothers Create Breastfeeding Allies by Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, from Leaven, Vol. 37 No. 6, December-January 2001, pp. 123-127. Oops! You Caught Me Breastfeeding -- Business Sized Breastfeeding Cards by Shana R. May Breastfeeding Education for grades K-12 from the New York State Department of Health
Formula marketingInternational Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (IBFAN info)
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