Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Program

Breastfeeding Promotion Task Force Strategies

The resource kit contains the following strategies: 

Strategy 1: Establish areas of breastfeeding support in communities across Colorado during the prenatal, postpartum, and labor and delivery stages.

Strategy 2: Provide education on the benefits, myths, and intricacies of breastfeeding to health professionals, expectant mothers, and their families.

Strategy 3: Encourage hospitals to adopt breastfeeding-friendly environments.

Strategy 4: Increase protection, promotion, and support for breastfeeding mothers in the workforce.

Strategy 5: Conduct research that assesses the current status of support of the breastfeeding mother in Colorado.

• Breastfeeding: Defining the Issue
• Breastfeeding Workplan Activities
• Breastfeeding Task Force Fact Sheet