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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions

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Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: October 2016

Workgroups: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care clinicians provide interventions to pregnant women and new mothers to support breastfeeding during pregnancy and after birth. Specifically, USPSTF recommends:

  • Promoting breastfeeding
  • Providing information on how to breastfeed
  • Providing support for breastfeeding 
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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively through age 6 months — MICH‑15
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed at 1 year — MICH‑16
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2016). Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions