ANTHRCUL 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Public Health, Fk Tomori Berat

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 325
• Professor: J. Henrike Florusbosch

Document Summary

Problems with breastfeeding in china, brazil, uk and us, difficulty of working outside the home and nursing. "overselling breastfeeding" courtney jung, nyt, 16 oct 2015: breastfeeding as moral imperative in the us, advocacy and education campaigns, hospital initiatives, social pressure, workplace and insurance obligations. "all too often, advocates cross the line from supporting a women in here decision to breastfeed into compelling a woman to do so. : breastfeeding advocacy and hospital initiatives, public health programs in the us, hospital education. Formula samples --> latching: special supplemental nutrition program of wic (women, infants and children) -- > different benefits for women who breastfeed: breastfeeding women receive food supplements for twice as long as women who do not breastfeed, enhanced food package, vouchers for a wider range of more nutritious. Formulas vs. breast pumps food: rejection of formula in part become of commercialization of infant feeding, but breastfeeding is also commercialized.