Supporting breastfeeding of small, sick and preterm neonates.
Semin Perinatol
; 45(2): 151387, 2021 03.
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ABSTRACT
Breastfeeding is associated with a risk reduction for several acute and chronic diseases in women and their infants. Health benefits of breastfeeding are especially important for small, sick and preterm infants. The objective of this article is to summarize essential steps for healthcare personnel and facilities to improve breastfeeding practices in this vulnerable population. Health facilities can support breastfeeding through the establishment of breastfeeding-supportive policies, staff training and the design of facilities to support rooming-in. Direct support to breastfeeding includes the provision of counseling to mothers at critical time points, skin-to-skin and kangaroo care, and support of responsive (on-demand) breastfeeding. Where direct breastfeeding is not possible, facilities should show mothers how to express their breastmilk and teach mothers alternative feeding modalities. Medically-indicated supplementation of small, sick and preterm may be needed in certain circumstances.
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Assunto principal:
Aleitamento Materno
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Recém-Nascido Prematuro
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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En
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Semin Perinatol
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article