Main description:

An Evidence-Based Reference Book: A Key Resource for Decision Makers and Practitioners.

Exploring the multifaceted, multidisciplinary and complex world of breastfeeding, breast milk and lactation. This book provides a factual, scientifically robust overview of the key topics written by leading experts at the heart of breastfeeding and breast milk. It aims to empower decision makers and practitioners with the knowledge required to increase promotion, protection and support for breastfeeding and the use of breast milk.

This book is a compilation of evidence-based feature articles covering one of nature's most valuable resources - breast milk.

Based in Zug, Switzerland, the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that promotes research in breast milk and lactation.

Contents:

Part 1 Setting the Scene

1 Introduction by Peter E. Hartmann

2 Breast Milk, Global Health and Sustainable Development by Leith Greenslade

3 Data Collection on Infant Feeding by Maria Quigley

4 How BreastfeedingWorks: Anatomy and Physiology of Human Lactation by Melinda Boss, Peter E. Hartmann

5 Why Breastfeeding? by Berthold Koletzko

Part 2 Different Perspectives

6 Introduction by Rafael Perez-Escamilla

7 Human Milk: Bioactive Components and Their Effects on the Infant and Beyond by Donna Geddes, Foteini Kakulas

8 The Psychological Effects of Breastfeeding by Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook

9 Sociological and Cultural Influences upon Breastfeeding by Amy Brown

10 Breastfeeding Promotion: Politics and Policy by Ashley M. Fox

11 Human Milk in Economics Context by Subhash Pokhrel

12 Commercial Aspects of Breastfeeding: Products and Services by Rebecca Mannel

13 The Promotion of Breastfeeding by Rowena Merritt

14 Infant Feeding in History: an Outline by Maureen Minchin

Part 3 Human Milk in Special Circumstances

15 Introduction by Paula P. Meier

16 Human Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Paula P. Meier, Beverly Rossman, Tricia J. Johnson, Janet L. Engstrom, Rebecca A. Hoban, Kousiki Patra, Harold R. Bigger

17 A Collective View of Human Milk Banking by Joao Aprigio Guerra de Almeida, Ben Hartmann, Kiersten Israel-Ballard, Guido E. Moro

18 Pasteurisation by Lukas Christen

19 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by Anna Coutsoudis

20 Breastfeeding and the Use of Medications by Thomas W. Hale, Teresa Ellen Baker

Part 4 The Way Forward

21 Introduction by Leith Greenslade

22 Scaling-up Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support Programmes by Rafael Perez-Escamilla

23 Towards a Common Understanding of Human Lactation by Melinda Boss, Peter E. Hartmann

Part 5 Addendum

24 Epilogue

25 List of Figures

26 List of Tables

27 Index of Authors

Index