POLICY STATEMENTS & POSITION PAPERS

The CHEER team has compiled a list of policy statements and position papers of various clinician groups and
organizations supporting the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

Position Statements on Breastfeeding

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Position on Breastfeeding-Revised 2015

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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding (Position Paper)

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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Breastfeeding, Family Physicians Supporting (Position Paper)

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American Academy of Pediatrics

Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

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American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

Breastfeeding (Position Statement)

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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Breastfeeding Challenges (ACOG Committee Opinion)

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Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice (ACOG Committee Opinion)

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Barriers to Breastfeeding: Supporting Initiation and Continuation of Breastfeeding

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Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk (AWHONN Position Statement)

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National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)

NAPNAP Position Statement on Breastfeeding

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World Health Organization

Breastfeeding*

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Prenatal Care Setting

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting,
Revision 2024

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Hospital Setting

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Sample Hospital Breastfeeding Policy for Newborns

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Postpartum Outpatient Setting

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #14: Breastfeeding-Friendly Physician’s Office-Optimizing Care for Infants and Children

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Substance Abuse and Breastfeeding

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #21: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder (Revised 2023)

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Hypoglycemia, Glucose Monitoring & Treatment

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)

ABM Clinical Protocol #1: Guidelines for Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycemia in Term and Late Preterm Neonates

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American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Report—Postnatal Glucose Homeostasis in Late-Preterm and Term Infants

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine

Pediatric Newborn Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Canadian Paediatric Society

The screening and management of newborns at risk for low blood glucose (Position Statement)

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World Health Organization

Guidelines for the Management of Neonatal Hypoglycemia

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General Dietary Recommendations Including Breastfeeding

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)

Policy on Dietary Recommendations for Infants, Children, and Adolescents

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