Breastfeeding Friendly Health Care

Become a Breastfeeding Friendly Medical Office

Making Breastfeeding Work for Medical Offices (PDF) is a six-point toolkit to guide medical offices in developing policies and practices for optimal breastfeeding support. The recommendations are aligned with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and the World Health Organization. This program was developed by Boulder County Public Health for use statewide.

We are recognizing and promoting medical offices that have made breastfeeding support a priority. Programs that receive this designation will receive a certificate, a "Breastfeeding Friendly" window cling, and will be listed on our website.

TCHD can designate you as a breastfeeding friendly medical office if these simple steps are in place:

• Contact us to get started
• Meet with TCHD breastfeeding staff to complete a pre-assessment (PDF) and develop an action plan based on the assessment results
• Meet all six criteria listed in the toolkit
• Complete the post-assessment and conduct an on-site review with TCHD staff to establish that the six criteria were met

Resources for Health Care Providers

• Medical Office Breastfeeding Self-Assessment (PDF) tool to measure your office's practices around breastfeeding
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol for Breastfeeding Friendly Medical Office (PDF)
• The Breastfeeding Friendly Pediatric Office (PDF)
• Mother's Milk Bank Information for Provider
• Breastfeeding University - Four free training modules
• University at Albany - Four free training modules