Maternity Care Practices – Increasing Support for Early Breastfeeding

On August 17, 2010, the Public Health - Seattle & King County WIC and Nutrition Services Program convened a special Breastfeeding Roundtable to discuss increasing support for early breastfeeding in South King County. Support for this forum was from Breastfeeding Infrastructure Funding that the Washington State DOH WIC Program received from USDA. Nearly 60 representatives from Public Health, WIC, community medical providers, five area hospitals participated in small and large group discussions.

• Meeting materials
• Background briefing paper
• Ginna Wall’s keynote address presentation
• Caroline Tittel’s review of the backgrounder presentation

• Getting It Right After Delivery: Five Hospital Practices That Support Breastfeeding (Colorado Can Do 5!)
• CDC’s Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions
• CDC National Survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC)
• South King County Breastfeeding Coalition
• Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington

For more information, please contact Lisa DiGiorgio, Program Manager for WIC and Nutrition Services: lisa.digiorgio@kingcounty.gov or by phone 206-263-8397.