NM705 MODULE 3 FROM CAMTASIA EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
BF benefits & current research:
⁃ 13 weeks of breastfeeding protects against gastroenteritis for 7 years
⁃ 4 months of breastfeeding protects against otitis media for 3 years
⁃ 15 weeks of breastfeeding protects against respiratory infections for 7 years
⁃ 6 months of breastfeeding protects against Hodgkin's disease
⁃ Any breastfeeding is shown to protect against wheezing bronchitis for 6-7 years
⁃ Any breastfeeding has been shown to protect against Hib for 10 years
any amount of breast feeding can be very protective for the baby but
the higher the time, that baby is breastfed, the higher the level of protection
Main contributors influencing a mother's choice to breastfeed
⁃ her culture
⁃ ethnicity
⁃ education
⁃ family
⁃ economic status
⁃ advertising
⁃ support
Who is more likely to initiate breastfeeding?
,⁃ Older woman
⁃ Higher educated
⁃ Higher socio-economic status
⁃ Hispanic
⁃ foreign born mothers
⁃ dual parent families
How can knowledge of those "less likely to BF" be helpful for HCP in helping
women to BF?
if you have pt in the less likely to initiate bf spectrum you might want to spend more time
asking questions & figuring out ways to overcome barriers
Even though Hispanic women are more likely to Breast Feed, the longer a
Hispanic woman generationally in the US,
the less likely she will be to breast feed.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) BF recommendations:
exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months and support for
breastfeeding for the first year and beyond as long as mutually desired by mother and
child .
Medically, the longer they choose to breast feed the greater the benefits, so why
was 1 year marked as the end point by AAP?:
⁃ Social stigma
⁃ shorter maternal leave
⁃ cultural sense that 1 yr should be an end point
The World Health Organization BF recommendations (WHO, 2012)
, ⁃ infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life.
⁃ Breastfeeding should continue for at least 2 years with weaning foods added at 6
months of age .
The length of breastfeeding is dictated greatly by
culture
Risks of Formula Feeding for the Infant
⁃ contamination
⁃ inadequate preparation
Risks of Formula Feeding for the Family
May not have money to buy formula
Ways formula can become contaminated & place infant at risk
⁃ during preparation
⁃ non-sterile water
⁃ w/ unclean surfaces, bottles
⁃ manufacturing process itself is NOT a sterile procedure
Formula fed infant is more at risk to have the following conditions
⁃ RSV
⁃ Gastroenteritis
⁃ NEC
⁃ Otitis Media
⁃ Insulin Dependent Diabetes
⁃ Inflammatory Bowel Disease
⁃ Hodgkin's Lymphoma
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
BF benefits & current research:
⁃ 13 weeks of breastfeeding protects against gastroenteritis for 7 years
⁃ 4 months of breastfeeding protects against otitis media for 3 years
⁃ 15 weeks of breastfeeding protects against respiratory infections for 7 years
⁃ 6 months of breastfeeding protects against Hodgkin's disease
⁃ Any breastfeeding is shown to protect against wheezing bronchitis for 6-7 years
⁃ Any breastfeeding has been shown to protect against Hib for 10 years
any amount of breast feeding can be very protective for the baby but
the higher the time, that baby is breastfed, the higher the level of protection
Main contributors influencing a mother's choice to breastfeed
⁃ her culture
⁃ ethnicity
⁃ education
⁃ family
⁃ economic status
⁃ advertising
⁃ support
Who is more likely to initiate breastfeeding?
,⁃ Older woman
⁃ Higher educated
⁃ Higher socio-economic status
⁃ Hispanic
⁃ foreign born mothers
⁃ dual parent families
How can knowledge of those "less likely to BF" be helpful for HCP in helping
women to BF?
if you have pt in the less likely to initiate bf spectrum you might want to spend more time
asking questions & figuring out ways to overcome barriers
Even though Hispanic women are more likely to Breast Feed, the longer a
Hispanic woman generationally in the US,
the less likely she will be to breast feed.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) BF recommendations:
exclusive breastfeeding for approximately the first six months and support for
breastfeeding for the first year and beyond as long as mutually desired by mother and
child .
Medically, the longer they choose to breast feed the greater the benefits, so why
was 1 year marked as the end point by AAP?:
⁃ Social stigma
⁃ shorter maternal leave
⁃ cultural sense that 1 yr should be an end point
The World Health Organization BF recommendations (WHO, 2012)
, ⁃ infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life.
⁃ Breastfeeding should continue for at least 2 years with weaning foods added at 6
months of age .
The length of breastfeeding is dictated greatly by
culture
Risks of Formula Feeding for the Infant
⁃ contamination
⁃ inadequate preparation
Risks of Formula Feeding for the Family
May not have money to buy formula
Ways formula can become contaminated & place infant at risk
⁃ during preparation
⁃ non-sterile water
⁃ w/ unclean surfaces, bottles
⁃ manufacturing process itself is NOT a sterile procedure
Formula fed infant is more at risk to have the following conditions
⁃ RSV
⁃ Gastroenteritis
⁃ NEC
⁃ Otitis Media
⁃ Insulin Dependent Diabetes
⁃ Inflammatory Bowel Disease
⁃ Hodgkin's Lymphoma
