AAP members providing family-centered, culturally-effective, evidence-based care for breastfeeding infants & children, families and communities. Please do not provide or ask for medical advice on this page.
AAP members providing family-centered, culturally-effective, evidence-based care for breastfeeding infants & children, families and communities. Please do not provide or ask for medical advice on this page.
The mission of the Section on Breastfeeding is to help all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults served by members of the AAP to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health through breastfeeding. To this purpose, the Section dedicates its efforts and resources. The Section will accomplish this
mission by addressing the breastfeeding needs of infants, children, their families and communities and by supporting AAP members through breastfeeding advocacy, education, research, and service, as well as promoting the systems through which the members deliver breastfeeding care.