Investigation Into the Pharmacist’s Role in Breastfeeding Support in the “Roma B” Local Health Authority in Rome – Romana Prosperi Porta, MD1, Maria Antonietta D’Errico, BMidwif2, Elise M. Chapin, MEd3, Isabella Sciarretta, MA4, and Paolo Delaini, PharmD5
Abstract
Background: Breastfeeding is the biological norm for feeding infants and a public health strategy with such a significant impact on the health of the population in the short, medium, and long terms that it should be considered a priority. A pharmacy can be a place for breastfeeding support, since it is open 24 hours a day and is easily accessible. Objective: The main objective of our fact-finding investigation into the breastfeeding support role of pharmacists in the “Roma B” Local
Health Authority was to understand how often pharmacists came into contact with nursing mothers, and if pharmacists felt the need to have a greater nowledge of issues regarding breastfeeding…leggi tutto l’articolo