Description: PART I: Background 1. Breastfeeding: General Review, D.B. Jelliffe and E.F. Patrice Jelliffe PART II: Institutional and Area Programmes 2. An Historical Overview of Breastfeeding Promotion in Western Europe and North America, A.S. Cunningham 3. The Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center Breastfeeding and Rooming-in Programme, N. Relucio-Clavano 4. The Breastfeeding Promotion Programmes at Tampere Hospital, Finland, P. Verronen 5. A Programme to Promote Breastfeeding in an Urban Hospital in India, R.K. Anad 6. Promotion of Breastfeeding in Santa Anna Hospital, Como, Italy, V. Gainotti and G. Pagani 7. Rooming-in: The Vienna Experience, G.J. Gerstner 8. Personal Example: Tijuana, Mexico, B. Jones 9. Promotion of Breastfeeding in Costa Rica: The Puriscal Study, L. Mata, P. Saenz, J.R. Araya, M.A. Allen, M.E. Garcia, M.E. Rodriguez, and J.J. Carvajal PART III: National Developments: Reasons and Prospects 10. Breastfeeding at Birth in France, C. Rumeau-Rouquette and M. Crost 11. Breastfeeding Promotion Programmes in Austria Based on a Nationwide Nutrition Survey, F. Haschke, L. Thun-Hohenstein, E. Schuster, B. Pietschnig, H. Vanura, and M. Heil 12. National Improvements: Reasons and Prospects in Sweden, Y. Hofvander 13. Return to Breastfeeding in the United Kingdom: Reasons, Implementation, and Prospects, S. Darke 14. National Initiatives to Promote Breastfeeding: Canada, 1979-1985, A.W. Myres 15. Breastfeeding in the United States, R.E. Brown 16. Programmes to Promote Breastfeeding in the Philippines: Recent Developments, F. del Mundo and F. Dionisio-Gracia 17. Trends of Breastfeeding Practices in Kenya, J. Giceha Kigondu 18. Promotion of Breastfeeding in Colombia as Part of the National Nutrition Plan, B. de Paredes 19. Encouragement and Support of Breastfeeding in the Arab Gulf States, A.O. Musaiger PART IV: National Inter-Disciplinary Programmes 20. The Breastfeeding Programme in Brazil, P. Marin and Y.P. Oliveira 21. The Papua New Guinea Programme, J. Biddulph 22. The Indonesian Breastfeeding Programme, P. Matulessy PART V: Mothers' Breastfeeding Support Groups 23. La Leche League: Its Origin, Programmes, and Development, B.A. Countryman and M. Cahill 24. Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia (NMAA), M. Paton and J. Laird 25. Ammehjelpen, Norway: Small is Beautiful, E. Helsing 26. Brazil: Mothers' Group Subprogram, M.N. Dalcomo and C. Monte Gomez PART VI: National Information, and Promotion Groups, and Centres 27. A Pilot Project to Support Breastfeeding Within Health Institutions: Proalma, Honduras, M.A. Calderon Romero and J. Canahuati 28. El Centro de Apoyo de Lactancia Materna (CALMA), El Salvador, B.A. Countryman 29. Kenya: The Breastfeeding Information Group (BIG), S. Nakhisa 30. The Infant Nutrition Information Service (INIS), India, M. Perera 31. The Informative Breastfeeding Service (TIBS), Trinidad and Tobago, M. Stollmeyer PART VII: Activities of International Agencies 32. UNICEF Programmes in Promotion of Breastfeeding, J. Grant 33. The World Health Organization's Work in the Area of Infant and Young Child Feeding and Nutrition, M. Carballo 34. Supporting Breastfeeding Promotion Programmes in Developing Countries: The Experience of the International Nutrition Communication Service (INCS), R.C. Israel PART VIII: Activities of Professional Associations 35. General Review, J. O'Hallaren Arango 36. American Public Health Association: Clearing House on Infant and Maternal Nutrition, G. Gibbons

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