ALPP CLC COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK EXAM
2026\NEWEST EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS COMPLETE EXAM MEDICAL
EXAMINATION
WHO and UNICEF three strategies
ANSWERS: for increased breastfeeding initiation and duration in every
country: promotion, protection, and support
breastfeeding promotion
ANSWERS: focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal,
community, country, or global level
breastfeeding protection
ANSWERS: focuses on government, manufacturer, and social
responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability to compete with
commercial interests; includes addressing improper marketing
practices; the AAP advices not to provide formula, company gift bags,
and industry-authored handouts; in the US, state and local breastfeeding
legislation addresses breastfeeding in public, employment issues, jury
duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.
, breastfeeding support
ANSWERS: focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as
program development and implementation
community expertise
ANSWERS: variety of community expertise is needed to promote, protect,
and support breastfeeding
International models
ANSWERS: for integrating breastfeeding promotion, protection, and
support as well as balancing technical information, programs, and
protocols
CLC
ANSWERS: nationally recognized designation awarded by the ALPP to
those who are exam eligible and pass the exam; have competenct
verified
CLCs and IBCLCs
ANSWERS: health professionals who provide lactation support
why is breastfeeding so difficult?
ANSWERS:
1. unrealistic expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
,unrealistic expectations
ANSWERS: lack of preparation for what the newborn period would look like
lack of timely interventions
ANSWERS: mother's problems at 3 to 7 days posed as the greatest risk to
stopping
breastfeeding trends
ANSWERS: last 150 years or som rates have declined
international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the code)
ANSWERS:
an international health policy framework to regulate the marketing of
breastmilk substitutes in order to protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
- written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
indurstry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding,
which in turn was leading to dramatic increases in maternal and infant
morbidity and mortality
- subsequent clarifying and extending resolutions have been passed by
the world health assembly
, the code
ANSWERS:
regulates the marketing of breastmilk substitutes which includes infant
formulas, follow-on 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
restricting marketing
ANSWERS: does not mean that the products cannot be made available,
neither does it restrict parents choice; it simply aims to make sure that
their choices are made based on full, impartial information, rather than
misleading, inaccurate, or biased marketing claims
what contributes to low rates of ebf globally?
ANSWERS:
- caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feeding
-hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of
BF
- lack of adequate skills and support
- aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breastmilk substitutes
- inadequate maternity/paternity leave legislation
- workplace policies
- lack of knowledge about dangers of not exclusively BF and proper BF
techniques
2026\NEWEST EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS COMPLETE EXAM MEDICAL
EXAMINATION
WHO and UNICEF three strategies
ANSWERS: for increased breastfeeding initiation and duration in every
country: promotion, protection, and support
breastfeeding promotion
ANSWERS: focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal,
community, country, or global level
breastfeeding protection
ANSWERS: focuses on government, manufacturer, and social
responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability to compete with
commercial interests; includes addressing improper marketing
practices; the AAP advices not to provide formula, company gift bags,
and industry-authored handouts; in the US, state and local breastfeeding
legislation addresses breastfeeding in public, employment issues, jury
duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.
, breastfeeding support
ANSWERS: focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as
program development and implementation
community expertise
ANSWERS: variety of community expertise is needed to promote, protect,
and support breastfeeding
International models
ANSWERS: for integrating breastfeeding promotion, protection, and
support as well as balancing technical information, programs, and
protocols
CLC
ANSWERS: nationally recognized designation awarded by the ALPP to
those who are exam eligible and pass the exam; have competenct
verified
CLCs and IBCLCs
ANSWERS: health professionals who provide lactation support
why is breastfeeding so difficult?
ANSWERS:
1. unrealistic expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
,unrealistic expectations
ANSWERS: lack of preparation for what the newborn period would look like
lack of timely interventions
ANSWERS: mother's problems at 3 to 7 days posed as the greatest risk to
stopping
breastfeeding trends
ANSWERS: last 150 years or som rates have declined
international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the code)
ANSWERS:
an international health policy framework to regulate the marketing of
breastmilk substitutes in order to protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
- written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
indurstry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding,
which in turn was leading to dramatic increases in maternal and infant
morbidity and mortality
- subsequent clarifying and extending resolutions have been passed by
the world health assembly
, the code
ANSWERS:
regulates the marketing of breastmilk substitutes which includes infant
formulas, follow-on 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
restricting marketing
ANSWERS: does not mean that the products cannot be made available,
neither does it restrict parents choice; it simply aims to make sure that
their choices are made based on full, impartial information, rather than
misleading, inaccurate, or biased marketing claims
what contributes to low rates of ebf globally?
ANSWERS:
- caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feeding
-hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of
BF
- lack of adequate skills and support
- aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breastmilk substitutes
- inadequate maternity/paternity leave legislation
- workplace policies
- lack of knowledge about dangers of not exclusively BF and proper BF
techniques
