Not circulating or posting any magazines or posters that show or promote artificial feeding.
How does the health unit protect families from marketing pressures?
100
Free classes offered in Grey and Bruce to give families information and support on breastfeeding in the prenatal period.
What are prenatal breastfeeding classes?
100
Any family health nurse!
Where can you direct clients with breastfeeding questions or concerns?
100
It promotes proper brain development, decreases the chance of childhood obesity, and provides protection against ear, stomach and respiratory infections.
What are three important reasons to breastfeed?
100
To provide a welcoming atmosphere and supportive space for breastfeeding families and ensure awareness of the BFI.
What is the PURPOSE of the BFI policy?
200
Ways that Health Unit staff can educate families who are not breastfeeding.
What is one to one education on request.
200
An educational class to promote prenatal nutrition and provide information on the benefits of breastfeeding and the risks of breast milk substitutes.
What is Healthy Beginnings?
200
A group that encourages, promotes and provides mother- to- mother breastfeeding support and educational opportunities. There are local chapters within Grey Bruce.
What is the La Leche League?
200
It protects, promotes and supports breastfeeding families
What does BFI do?
200
All GBHU board, staff, volunteers and students will be familiar with the facilities available within the building for families wishing to breastfeed and assist in finding the best place for them to breastfeed comfortably.
What is PROCEDURE 1.0 in the BFI policy?
300
Formula, or other artificial breast milk substitutes.
What are items that cannot be displayed, distributed or advertised within the Health Unit, or by Health Unit staff
300
The booklet that is handed out to all mothers in Grey Bruce during the prenatal period.
What is Breastfeeding Matters?
300
All public areas.
Where are breastfeeding mothers welcome to feed at the Grey Bruce Health Unit?
300
It protects formula-feeding families by providing individual information on infant feeding free from commercial influences.
What does BFI do?
300
All GBHU board, staff, volunteers, and students will support health unit staff who are breastfeeding to continue to breastfeed and/or express as needed.
What is PROCEDURE 3.0 of the BFI policy?
400
Artificial teats or pacifiers
What are items that are not to be displayed, advertised or encouraged due to their ability to interrupt effective breastfeeding.
400
The best start after birth for mothers and babies that encourages bonding, breastfeeding and helps to decrease infant stress.
What is skin to skin contact.
400
The name of the room beside reception where breastfeeding mothers can feed their babies if they wish for privacy.
What is the Baby Friendly room?
400
10
How many steps in the Baby Friendly Initiative
400
All GBHU board, staff, volunteers and students will review the policy annually as per the annual policy review process
What is PROCEDURE 5.0 of the BFI policy?
500
The WHO International Code of the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes
What is the International code that protects breastfeeding families from marketing pressures?
500
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months followed by the introduction of complementary foods with continued breastfeeding for up to 2 years, and beyond.
What is the current infant feeding recommendations from Health Canada and the World Health Organization.
500
Lactation Consultants with the Grey Bruce Health Unit that support breastfeeding mothers in the community.
Who are Terra Luscombe and Marion Cooper?
500
Toronto Sick Kids Hospital
Where is the only Human Milk Bank in Ontario located?
500
Signage will be posted identifying our BFI policy and encouraging mothers to breastfeed in our building.