Readership
Advanced Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacologists, Epidemiologists, Family Practice Physicians, Gynecologists, Interventionalists, Midwives, Neonatologists, Nurse Oncologists, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants, Nurses, Obstetricians, Oncologists, Pediatricians, Perinatologists, Physicians, Psychologists, Researchers
Scope
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.