Certified Lactation Consultant Exam Practice Questions and Answers

Certified Lactation Consultant Exam Practice Questions and Answers The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set out three strategies needed for increasing breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country. What are the 3 strategies? - Ans:- Breastfeeding Promotion Breastfeeding Protection Breastfeeding Support Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection), community, country (amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula & formula products) Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - Ans:-Breastfeeding Promotion Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast feeding's ability to compete with commercial interests. Includes addressing improper marketing practices Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.. - Ans:- Breastfeeding Protection ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/23 Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and implementation - Ans:-Breastfeeding Support Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - Ans:-Myocardial infarction Metabolic syndrome Coronary artery disease Stroke DMII HTN Hyperlipidemia Cardiovascular disease Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - Ans:-Unrealistic expectations from society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the newborn period would be like. Reason #2 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - Ans:-Lack of timely interventions. Mother's problems at 3-7 days posed the greatest risk for stopping which is when they are home from the hospital ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/23 and alone with no support. The fastest drop-off is in the first 10 days following discharge from the hospital The International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutions - Ans:-An international health policy framework to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes in order to protect breastfeeding. It was written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding industry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding, which in turn was leading to a dramatic increase in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. What does "The Code" do? - Ans:-Regulates the marketing of breast milk substitutes which includes infant formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding bottles, and teats, intended for babies and young children. Sets standards for the labeling and quality of products and for how the law should be implemented and monitored within countries. Aims to make sure that parental choices on feeding are based on full, impartial information, rather than misleading, inaccurate or biased marketing claims. The Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding - Ans:-Is intended as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a proven positive impact, it emphasizes providing mothers and families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it explicitly defines the obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international organizations, and other concerned parties. What contributes to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding globally? - Ans:-Caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings (believing that breast milk is not enough or that babies actions/issues are related to the breast milk/breastfeeding) ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 4/23 Hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding Lack of adequate skilled support Aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes rather than promoting support for breastfeeding Inadequate maternity and paternity leave legislation and other workplace policies Lack of knowledge about the dangers of not exclusively breastfeeding and of proper breastfeeding techniques How to support exclusive breastfeeding - Ans:-Increase hospital and health system capacity including revitalizing, expanding, and institutionalizing the baby-friendly hospital initiative in health systems Provide community based strategies including communication campaigns tailored to the local context Strengthen the monitoring, enforcement, and legislation related to "The Code" and subsequent