The rates of breastfeeding are lower among women with limited income and in ethnic minorities. Many women initiate breastfeeding, but quit by the time the infant is two weeks old. Enthusiastic support and involvement of all health organizations, especially public health organizations in promotion of breastfeeding and assuring a supportive environment for successful breastfeeding is essential to the achievement of optimal infant and child health, growth, and development.
In 1997 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) made the following recommendations:
1. That arrangements be made to provide expressed breast milk if mother and child must be separated during the first year.
2. That breastfeeding be promoted as a normal part of daily life, and that the AAP encourages family and community support for breastfeeding.
3. That employers be encouraged to provide appropriate facilities and adequate time in the workplace for breast-pumping.
The Oregon Health Services will set an example for employers in breastfeeding promotion for working families by developing and implementing a workplace breastfeeding promotion policy:
1. A breastfeeding woman may breastfeed her baby in any location of the Oregon Health Services where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breastfeeding.
2. An appropriate room will be provided where nursing women can:
a. Nurse an infant brought in during lunch or breaks.
b. Pump breast milk to be stored for later use.
c. The room in the wellness center is now available as a private area for breastfeeding or pumping. There will be a cupboard where employee can store their breast pumps.
3. The breastfeeding promotion area contains a chair for nursing mothers that is comfortable and has arms for support, a small low table, a nursing stool, and a changing table.
4. A small refrigerator will be available for safe storage of breast milk. The refrigerator will only be used for stored breast milk.
5. The breastfeeding woman shall be allowed a flexible schedule for nursing or pumping to provide breast milk to her child.
6. Breastfeeding promotion information will be displayed in the department and will be put in agency newsletters.
7. Employees shall have the opportunity to:
a. check out breastfeeding videotapes from the WIC program.
b. receive a breastfeeding packet from WIC.
8. Employees who bring their infant in to the office to nurse will store cloth diapers in an appropriate container and take them home each day.
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