Breastfeeding and Healthy Living: Going Back to Work or School

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For Parents
For Employers
For Child Care Workers
For Community Leaders
International Reports

For Parents:

Lactation Accommodation Law 

La Leche League

From the California Department of Health Services  WIC Breastfeeding Resources  Website, Resources for Employees:

Benefits of Breastfeeding English (PDF)...Spanish 

Working and Breastfeeding English (PDF)...Spanish

Getting Ready for Child Care English (PDF)...Spanish

Collecting and Storing Breastmilk English (PDF)...Spanish

Sample Schedule for Expressing Breastmilk at Work English (PDF)...Spanish

How to Know if Your Baby is Getting Enough Breastmilk English (PDF)...Spanish

All about breastfeeding website by the New York State WIC office

National Center for Education in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health

Maternal and Child Health Library

Websites

For Employers:

From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Healthier Worksite Initiative:

From the California Department of Public Health Website, Resources for Employers:

Letter to Employers from the Director of the Department of Health Services (Word)

Minimum Requirements of the California Lactation Accommodation Law (PDF)

Other Ways to Support Breastfeeding in the Workplace (PDF)

Sample Flyer for Employee Break Rooms (PDF)

Sample Messages for Paycheck Stubs (PDF)

Developing a Breastfeeding Workplace Policy (PDF)

Setting up a "Lactation Room" (PDF)

Improving the Bottom Line for Businesses (PDF)

From the National Business Group on Health:

Health and Cost Benefits of Breastfeeding

How Employers Can Assist with Breastfeeding in the Workplace

Frequently Asked Questions about Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Support at the Workplace: Best Practices to Promote Health and Productivity (PDF)

Breastfeeding & the Bottom Line: Breastfeeding in the Workplace - a CD ROM from the San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition (2004) $20.00

For Child Care Workers:

How to Support a Breastfeeding Mother: A Guide to the Childcare Center  Contains training modules and materials made available by the Texas Department of State Health Services:

The WIC Peer Counselor Training can be used for Child Care workers so they will support the mothers of the babies they care for.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education has information on breastmilk fed infants, such as CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN in English ...Spanish (PDF)(See 4.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS OR AGES OF CHILDREN, STANDARD 4.011: General Plan For Feeding Infants.)

For Community Leaders:

US Breastfeeding Committee Resources:

Support Within the Workplace Support Within the Workplace

HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding, page 19 (PDF)

Workplace Initiatives to Support Breastfeeding Women:

Institute for Women’s Policy Research: “Maternity Leave in the United States” (PDF)

Washington Business Group on Health (PDF)

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition: Worksite Models of Excellence 2000

Oregon Health Division Mother-Friendly Workplace Policy

Texas Breastfeeding Initiative and the Mother-Friendly Work site Program

State-level legislation monitored by La Leche League International

USDA's Breastfed Babies Welcome Here 

International Reports:

Findings from the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Conditions of Work and Employment Database A review of national legislation Maternity at work;  2005 ILO Recommendations related to breastfeeding and employed mothers (PDF)

Full document (PDF, 1.6MB)

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in Europe: a blueprint for action (PDF)See page 27, 4.3. Legislation for working mothers.