[WHO Guideline: Counselling of women to Improve Breastfeeding Practices]
Barbara Nußbaumer-Streit1, Gerald Gartlehner1,2
1Cochrane Österreich, Department für Evidenzbasierte Medizin und Evaluation, Donau-Universität Krems, Krems an der Donau, Österreich.
Background:
Breastfeeding is one of the foundations of child health, development, and survival. Despite extensive evidence that lack of breastfeeding is associated with higher mortality rates and other long-term negative health outcomes, less than half of all babies under the age of 6 months are breastfed worldwide. Breastfeeding counselling is one of the key interventions, to improve breastfeeding rates.
Aim:
The objective of this guideline is to give recommendations on how to implement breastfeeding counselling to improve breastfeeding practices.
Methods:
This guideline was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) according to the methods outlined in the WHO handbook for guideline development. This publication is a summary of the most important aspects of this guideline translated into German by members of the WHO Collaborating Centre at the Danube University Krems (Austria).
Results/Conclusions:
This guideline is based on current evidence and gives recommendations and makes comments on the implementation of breastfeeding counselling, such as frequency, timing, or mode and provider of breastfeeding counselling to improve breastfeeding practices. The scope of the guideline is limited to this intervention.
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