Action 16Ensure that all child care providers accommodate the needs of breastfeeding mothers and infants

Implementation StrategyPotential Actors
 Promote adoption of the breastfeeding standards in Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care.HHS/HRSA†
State governments
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HHS/HRSA = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration.

From: Appendix 1, Actions to Improve Breastfeeding

Cover of The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.
Office of the Surgeon General (US); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); Office on Women's Health (US).
Rockville (MD): Office of the Surgeon General (US); 2011.
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