Overview
Lactation Counselors protect, promote, and support breastfeeding by providing information and counseling around breastfeeding best practices. Lactation counselors may be part of the Healthy Start (HS) team or community partners. They include Certified Lactation Counselors (CLCs) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultants® (IBCLCs®). The TASC provides many offerings to support lactation counselors in better serving HS participants and communities.
Explore Breastfeeding Resources
The resources below cover a variety of topics related to breastfeeding and infant feeding and were designed to aid HS staff in supporting HS participants’ breastfeeding journeys. Resources are delivered in several formats, including webinars, resource documents, and other tools.
ROSE Webinar: Legacy of Slavery & Impact of Racism on Breastfeeding
Beyond COVID-19: Breastfeeding Webinar #1 – Building Community Partnerships to Promote and Support Breastfeeding
Beyond COVID-19: Breastfeeding Webinar #1 – Building Community Partnerships to Promote and Support Breastfeeding
Download this one page handout developed especially for Healthy Start programs.
This one page handout, shows 10 ways that family members and friends can support breastfeeding moms. The handout can be given to Healthy Start participants during home visits or group sessions. The poster size version (11″ x 17″) can be hung up in your Healthy Start offices or waiting room.
Learn about one Healthy Start program’s quality improvement efforts to improve breastfeeding at 6 months.
Check out this case study of how Detroit Healthy Start and Midwest Healthy Start used quality improvement principles to increase the percent of women breastfeeding at 6 months. They’ve shared their process and lessons learned, including some action steps that anyone can take right now to start improving on any measure (hint: look at your data, and start small!).