Abstract / Excerpt:

This course pack aims a). to strengthen the promotion of breastfeeding. b). to have a comprehensive breastfeeding training course for both health workers and nursing mothers; c). to provide current updates on breasfeeding. Specifically, it aim 1). to emphasize the advantages of breastfeeding over artificial feeding; 2). to compare well attached and poorly attached infant; 3). to illustrate the different positions during breastfeeding; 4). to identify the different conditions and their corresponding management that effect the practice of breastfeeding; 5). to recognize the causes of poor infant response on breastfeeding; 6). to illustrate and describe the steps of self-breast examination; 7). to demonstrate the ways of expressing breastmilk; and 8). to know the importance of breastfeeding among the sick and low birth weight infants.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Nursing
Authors	Paramio, Elizabeth M.
Page Count	1
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2006
Tags	Breast feeding, Dissertations

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