The provision of alcohol and breastfeeding information by maternal health practitioners in the Australian setting.
Roslyn Carmel GigliaMartyn SymonsThérèse ShawPublished in: The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology (2018)
Despite the existence of a national alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women, maternal health practitioners are not incorporating this advice into their everyday practice with lactating women. Opportunities exist for all maternal practitioners along the reproductive continuum to protect long-term breastfeeding duration using an evidence-based harm minimisation approach to alcohol consumption.
Keyphrases
- alcohol consumption
- pregnancy outcomes
- primary care
- healthcare
- preterm infants
- birth weight
- public health
- health information
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnant women
- general practice
- mental health
- quality improvement
- health promotion
- palliative care
- insulin resistance
- breast cancer risk
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- cervical cancer screening
- climate change
- dairy cows
- risk assessment
- social media