Action 8Develop systems to guarantee continuity of skilled support for lactation between hospitals and health care settings in the community

Implementation StrategiesPotential Actors
 Create comprehensive statewide networks for home- or clinic-based follow-up care to be provided to every newborn in the state.Public health entities
Community organizations
 Establish partnerships for integrated and continuous follow-up care after discharge from the hospital.Hospitals
Health care systems
Primary care clinicians
Community organizations
 Establish and implement policies and programs to ensure that participants in WIC† have services in place before discharge from the hospital.Federal, state, and local WIC programs
Hospitals
Primary care clinicians
Community organizations
†

WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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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