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Breastfeeding Workplan Activities

  • Conduct Baby-Friendly Hospital training for Colorado hospitals.
  • Provide funding and technical assistance to hospitals to implement comprehensive Baby-Friendly policies and practices.
  • Provide technical assistance to hospitals in implementing incremental change in maternity care practices supporting breastfeeding.
  • Identify core breastfeeding education objectives for didactic curricula in medical, nursing, and dietetic programs.
  • Work with medical, nursing an dietetic education programs to incorporate core breastfeeding education objectives into curricula.
  • Conduct a survey of worksite breastfeeding policies and practices, targeting rural areas in Colorado.
  • Present Breastfeeding Friendly Awards to worksites meeting established criteria.
  • Breastfeeding: Defining the Issue
  • Colorado Breastfeeding PromotionTask Force Strategies
  • Breastfeeding Task Force Fact Sheet