Social Experiences of Breastfeeding

Building Bridges between Research, Policy and Practice

By: Emma Laird (Contribution by), Elizabeth Mayo (Contribution by), Nicki Symes (Contribution by), Maia Boswell-Penc (Contribution by), Alison Bartlett (Contribution by)

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Hardcover | 5 September 2018 | Edition Number 1

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280 Pages

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This book gathers the latest social science research on breastfeeding from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in order to show how the findings can be used by policy makers and practitioners to support women in breastfeeding. It includes discussion of the social and cultural contexts of breastfeeding, as well as the daily practices of breastfeeding women, to highlight a range of ways of thinking about women's experiences of breastfeeding and how it can be better supported in both policy and practice.

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"A readable, timely volume that draws together excellence in scholarship and practice for centering women's experiences to advance solutions to improve the low rates of breastfeeding in the UK." Paige Hall Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"All the research shows that breastfeeding is good for babies - so why do breastfeeding rates remain so low in many countries? This book is unique in using insights from mothers themselves to suggest practical solutions. Required reading for professionals, policy-makers, or anyone doing research on breastfeeding." Maria Iacovou, University of Cambridge
"This book does, as proposed, bring together research with discussions of practice and policy. It pulls together science and new ways of thinking that can help us consider how we can use women's own experiences to improve the sociocultural and political context within which they make infant feeding decisions, engage in breastfeeding practice, and are, themselves, transformed by the experience." Journal of Human Lactation

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