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Designing a university-based lactation course.

Howett M, Spangler A, Cannon RB

Emory University School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.

A university-based lactation course was developed to provide lactation education to health care providers, with the goal of improving their knowledge, attitude, and skills in assisting American women to breastfeed. This is a key strategy for achieving the Healthy People 2010 objectives, and it addresses the identified need for education among health care professionals. The university as well as an enthusiastic lactation community provided multidisciplinary clinical experiences and classroom lectures to prepare public health students, nurses, midwives, and nurse practitioners to encourage and assist women in breastfeeding. It is hoped that the success of this class and the experiences of the instructors will motivate other lactation consultants to develop similar educational strategies.

Published 9 February 2006 in J Hum Lact, 22(1): 104-7.
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