Certified Lactation Consultant Exam
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The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set out three strategies needed for increasing
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country. What are the 3 strategies? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Breastfeeding Promotion
Breastfeeding Protection
Breastfeeding Support
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection), community, country
(amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula & formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS
Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast feeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - CORRECT ANSWERS Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Myocardial infarction
Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - CORRECT ANSWERS Unrealistic
expectations from society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the
newborn period would be like.
Reason #2 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - CORRECT ANSWERS Lack of
timely interventions. Mother's problems at 3-7 days posed the greatest risk for stopping which is
when they are home from the hospital and alone with no support. The fastest drop-off is in the
first 10 days following discharge from the hospital
, The International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutions - CORRECT ANSWERS
An international health policy framework to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes in
order to protect breastfeeding. It was written in response to the marketing activities of the infant
feeding industry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding, which in turn was
leading to a dramatic increase in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
What does "The Code" do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Regulates the marketing of breast
milk substitutes which includes infant formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding
bottles, and teats, intended for babies and young children. Sets standards for the labeling and
quality of products and for how the law should be implemented and monitored within countries.
Aims to make sure that parental choices on feeding are based on full, impartial information, rather
than misleading, inaccurate or biased marketing claims.
The Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding - CORRECT ANSWERS Is intended
as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a proven positive impact, it emphasizes
providing mothers and families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it
explicitly defines the obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international
organizations, and other concerned parties.
What contributes to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding globally? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings (believing that breast milk is not enough or
that babies actions/issues are related to the breast milk/breastfeeding)
Hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding
Lack of adequate skilled support
Aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes rather than promoting
support for breastfeeding
Inadequate maternity and paternity leave legislation and other workplace policies
Lack of knowledge about the dangers of not exclusively breastfeeding and of proper breastfeeding
techniques
How to support exclusive breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS Increase hospital and
health system capacity including revitalizing, expanding, and institutionalizing the baby-friendly
hospital initiative in health systems
Provide community based strategies including communication campaigns tailored to the local
context
Strengthen the monitoring, enforcement, and legislation related to "The Code" and subsequent
resolutions.
Enact at least 6 months paid maternity leave
Invest in training and capacity building in breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support
What is the role of the pituitary glade in milk making? - CORRECT ANSWERS Messages
from certain stimulation travels through the breast to the pituitary gland which triggers it to
produce prolactin and oxytocin which are two hormones needed to make milk.
How in prolactin produced? - CORRECT ANSWERS Breast stimulation
Nipple stimulation (makes the most)
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PASS|GRADED A+
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set out three strategies needed for increasing
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country. What are the 3 strategies? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Breastfeeding Promotion
Breastfeeding Protection
Breastfeeding Support
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection), community, country
(amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula & formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS
Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast feeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - CORRECT ANSWERS Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Myocardial infarction
Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - CORRECT ANSWERS Unrealistic
expectations from society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the
newborn period would be like.
Reason #2 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - CORRECT ANSWERS Lack of
timely interventions. Mother's problems at 3-7 days posed the greatest risk for stopping which is
when they are home from the hospital and alone with no support. The fastest drop-off is in the
first 10 days following discharge from the hospital
, The International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutions - CORRECT ANSWERS
An international health policy framework to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes in
order to protect breastfeeding. It was written in response to the marketing activities of the infant
feeding industry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding, which in turn was
leading to a dramatic increase in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
What does "The Code" do? - CORRECT ANSWERS Regulates the marketing of breast
milk substitutes which includes infant formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding
bottles, and teats, intended for babies and young children. Sets standards for the labeling and
quality of products and for how the law should be implemented and monitored within countries.
Aims to make sure that parental choices on feeding are based on full, impartial information, rather
than misleading, inaccurate or biased marketing claims.
The Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding - CORRECT ANSWERS Is intended
as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a proven positive impact, it emphasizes
providing mothers and families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it
explicitly defines the obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international
organizations, and other concerned parties.
What contributes to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding globally? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings (believing that breast milk is not enough or
that babies actions/issues are related to the breast milk/breastfeeding)
Hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding
Lack of adequate skilled support
Aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes rather than promoting
support for breastfeeding
Inadequate maternity and paternity leave legislation and other workplace policies
Lack of knowledge about the dangers of not exclusively breastfeeding and of proper breastfeeding
techniques
How to support exclusive breastfeeding - CORRECT ANSWERS Increase hospital and
health system capacity including revitalizing, expanding, and institutionalizing the baby-friendly
hospital initiative in health systems
Provide community based strategies including communication campaigns tailored to the local
context
Strengthen the monitoring, enforcement, and legislation related to "The Code" and subsequent
resolutions.
Enact at least 6 months paid maternity leave
Invest in training and capacity building in breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support
What is the role of the pituitary glade in milk making? - CORRECT ANSWERS Messages
from certain stimulation travels through the breast to the pituitary gland which triggers it to
produce prolactin and oxytocin which are two hormones needed to make milk.
How in prolactin produced? - CORRECT ANSWERS Breast stimulation
Nipple stimulation (makes the most)
