Open AccessThe COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Childbirth Educators in Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding
Author(s) -
Diane L. Spatz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of perinatal education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1548-8519
pISSN - 1058-1243
DOI - 10.1891/j-pe-d-20-00024
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , pandemic , childbirth , covid-19 , medicine , intervention (counseling) , nursing , health care , family medicine , disease , pregnancy , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , biology , law , pathology , genetics
The healthcare system is being challenged in the United States and worldwide due to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, all through this pandemic, families will continue to birth children. Childbirth educators play a particularly important role in ensuring that families receive appropriate evidence-based information about human milk and breastfeeding as a lifesaving medical intervention. In the current COVID-19 crisis, breastfeeding and the provision of human milk remains recommended by national and international organizations.