Professional paper
Organization of the health system and legislation in support of breastfeeding in Croatia
Jelena Dimnjaković
orcid.org/0000-0003-3115-0186
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Švajda
; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Summary
Breastfeeding has multiple positive effects on children’s and mothers’ health, but also
on the environment and the economy. World Health Organization generally states
several factors lead to breastfeeding failure: inadequate maternity and paternity leave
legislation, inadequate professional breastfeeding support, hospital and health-care
practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding, lack of breastfeeding
knowledge among healthcare professionals, and aggressive promotion of infant
formula. This paper provides overview of these factors in Croatia.
Keywords
breastfeeding, breastfeeding in Croatia, legislation
Hrčak ID:
299141
URI
Publication date:
7.1.2020.
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