Breastfeeding: good for baby, good for mum (2008)

Description

This resource is part of the Growing strong: feeding you and your baby set of resources from Queensland Health. It provides information on the benefits of breastfeeding for Indigenous mothers. It is easy to read with simple and colourful illustrations. Topics covered include:

• key benefits of breastfeeding
• breastfeeding your newborn
• how do you know if your baby is having enough breastmilk?
• growth spurts
• working and breastfeeding

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

When to use this resource

This resource would be useful for health staff when they talk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families about breastfeeding. It provides valuable information for women who have an infant and those who are pregnant or who are planning to become pregnant.

Contact details

Queensland Health Building
147-163 Charlotte Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Ph: (07) 3234 0111

To order copies of this resource:

Brochures are only available to those working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in Queensland. For order form see link below.

If you are not from Queensland you can download the PDF of these brochures from the link below.

Links

• View resource: Breastfeeding: good for baby, good for mum (PDF - 395.1 KB)
• View information: Growing strong: feeding you and your baby
• View information: Online order form
• View website: Queensland Health

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