Published 21 November 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a2671
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2671

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More staff training needed to promote breast feeding when babies leave neonatal care

Daloni Carlisle

1 London

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Mothers of babies in neonatal units could and should be encouraged to provide breast milk for their infants, Mary Renfrew, professor of mother and infant health, is to tell a Unicef conference in Glasgow on 26 November.

Professor Renfrew, who is presenting results of her as yet unpublished review of breast feeding in neonatal units, will call on the Department of Health to include preterm infants in its policies to support breast feeding.

Her review of 48 research papers on breast milk in neonatal units highlights the barriers to women initiating milk production, expressing it for preterm infants who cannot yet suckle, and maintaining breast feeding on discharge from hospital.

She told the BMJ that rates of initiation of breast milk production for mothers with babies in neonatal units are more than in the general population, but few mothers breast feed at home once their baby has left neonatal care.

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