Thursday, July 2, 2015

New Journal Added to E- journal Collection


Breastfeeding Medicine (click on the blue title link for full-text access to this journal) has recently been added to the MHC Library e-journal collection.  Breastfeeding Medicine is an authoritative, peer-reviewed journal created by physicians and dedicated to the advancement of breastfeeding worldwide. The Journal answers the growing demand for evidence-based research and explores the immediate and long-term outcomes of breastfeeding, including its epidemiologic, physiologic, and psychological benefits.

Breastfeeding Medicine coverage includes:


  • Breastfeeding recommendations and protocols
  • Health consequences of artificial feeding
  • Physiology of lactation and biochemistry of breast milk
  • Optimal nutrition for the breastfeeding mother
  • Breastfeeding indications and contraindications
  • Managing breastfeeding discomfort, pain, and other complications
  • Breastfeeding the premature or sick infant
  • Breastfeeding in the chronically ill mother
  • Management of the breastfeeding mother on medication
  • Infectious disease transmission through breast milk and breastfeeding
  • The collection and storage of human milk and human milk banking
  • Measuring the impact of being a “baby-friendly” hospital
  • Cultural competence and cultural sensitivity
  • International public health issues including social and economic issues

Audience: Physicians, pediatricians, growth and development specialists, midwives and perinatal nurses, obstetricians, and gynecologists, among others

Please contact Deb Knippel or Michele Matucheski if you would like to be added to the electronic table of contents for this journal.  

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