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Guideline: Counselling of Women to Improve Breastfeeding Practices. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.

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Guideline: Counselling of Women to Improve Breastfeeding Practices.

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Research Gaps

Discussions between the members of the WHO guideline development group and the external resource group highlighted the limited evidence available in some knowledge areas, meriting further research, particularly in the following areas:

  • different modes, frequency or intensity of breastfeeding counselling that would best protect, support and promote breastfeeding among specific population groups, such as adolescent girls, obese women and those with multiple pregnancies;
  • complex multi-component interventions to protect, support and promote breastfeeding among women returning to school or work;
  • the nature of breastfeeding counselling with stressed, traumatized or malnourished mothers or infants and young children, such as in humanitarian emergencies;
  • the nature of breastfeeding counselling of mothers of preterm, low-birth-weight or sick infants, or those admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit;
  • different durations, content (including clinical and practical skills) and modes of training delivery, in order to meet minimum competency to address breastfeeding challenges;
  • capacity-buidling methodologies to develop the advanced competencies required to address persistent or complex breastfeeding problems;
  • studies across different regions, countries and population groups (e.g. by income levels, educational levels, cultural and ethnic backgrounds) and contexts (e.g. in areas where breastfeeding is the norm and where breastfeeding practices are not optimal), in order to adequately and sensitively protect, promote and support breastfeeding.

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