Evaluation of a Comprehensive Loving Support Program among State Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Breast-feeding Coordinators
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 96 (2) , 168-171
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.smj.0000053675.41623.15
Abstract
Background: Mississippi was selected as a pilot state in the national breastfeeding promotion campaign titled Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work (LSMBW). To reinforce the national LSMBW project, the Mississippi Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Breastfeeding Promotion Project Team developed a comprehensive program that included patient and family education, staff training, public awareness...Keywords
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