Breastfeeding Resources

This document is intended to serve as a reference list of resources on breastfeeding. The BCC does not endorse any product, web page or resource materials with the exception of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.

Organizations

Resource Materials

Web Sites

Organizations

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (professional association for physicians)

University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 777
Rochester, NY 14642
Email: rlaw@neonate.pediatrics.rochester.edu
Webpage: www.bfmed.org

Australian Breastfeeding Association (* Breastfeeding Review)

PO Box 4000
Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, 3146
Phone: 03-9885-0855
Webpage: www.breastfeeding.asn.au

Baby-Friendly™ USA

Webpage: www.babyfriendlyusa.org

Breastfeeding Committee for Canada

PO Box 65114
Toronto, Ontario, M4K 3Z2
Fax: 416-465-8265
Email: bfc.can@sympatico.ca
Webpage: www.breastfeedingcanada.ca

Baby Milk Action Coalition

23 St. Andrews St.
Cambridge UK CB2 3AX
Fax: 44 223 464417
Email: www.babymilkaction.org

Canadian Healthcare Association

17 York Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9J6
Tel: 613-241-8005 ext. 234
Fax: 613-241-5055
Email: communications@cha.ca
Webpage: www.cha.ca/

Canadian Institute of Child Health (* National Breastfeeding Guidelines for Health Care Providers, 1996)

384 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1Y4
Phone: 613-230-8838
Fax: 613-230-6654
Email: cich@cich.ca
Webpage: www.cich.ca

Canadian Lactation Consultant Association / Association canadienne des consultantes en lactation

Isabelle Cote - Membership Secretary
Email: isa.cote@videotron.ca

Canadian Public Health Association

Suite 400
1565 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Z 8R1
Phone: 613-725-3769
Fax: 613-725-9826
Email: info@cpha.ca
Webpage: www.cpha.ca

Human Milk Banking Association of North America

1500 Sunday Dr
Suite 102
Raliegh, NC 27607
Phone: 919-861-4530 ext 226
Webpage: www.hmbana.org

International Baby Food Action Network - IBFAN

Webpage: www.ibfan.org

International Lactation Consultant Association (* Journal of Human Lactation subscription with membership)

1500 Sunday Dr., Suite 102
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919-787-5181
Fax: 919-787-4916
Email: ILCA@erols.com
Webpage: www.ilca.org

International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners

P.O. Box 2348
Falls Church, VA
22042-0348
Phone: 703-560-7330
Fax: 703-560-7332
Email: iblce@erols.com
Webpage: www.iblce.org
IBLCE Office in Australia's webpage: www.iblce.edu.au

INFACT CANADA

10 Trinity Square
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1B1
Phone: 416-595-9819
Webpage: www.infactcanada.ca

INFACT Québec

C.P. 323
Granby, QC J2G 8E5
Phone: 450-360-3800
Fax: 450-360-3801
Email: infactquebec@videotron.ca

International Code Documentation Centre

PO box 19
109090 Penang,
Malaysia

La Leche League Canada

P.O. Box 700
Winchester, Ontario K0C 2K0
Phone: 613-774-4052
Email: ofm@LLLC.ca
Webpage: www.LLLC.ca

La Leche League Great Britain

PO Box 29
West Bridgeford, Nottingham, England, NG2 7NP
Phone: 020-7242-1278
Webpage: www.laleche.org.uk

Ligue La Leche

Direction generale
12, rue Quintal, Charlemagne, QC, QC J5Z 1V9
Phone: 514-990-8917
Webpage: www.allaitement.ca

Multiple Births Canada

PO Box 432
Wasaga Beach, ON
Canada, L9Z 1A4
Phone: 705-429-0901 or Toll Free in Canada 1-866-228-8824
Fax: 705-429-9809
E-mail: office@multiplebirthscanada.org
Webpage: www.multiplebirthscanada.org

The OPHA Breastfeeding Promotion workgroup

Webpage: www.opha.on.ca/workgroups/breastfeeding.html

PRIMA (Pregnancy Related Issues in the Management of Addiction)

Email: deana.midmer@utoronto.ca
Webpage: www.addictionpregnancy.ca

Quintessence Foundation (Breastfeeding Challenge)

Suite 501-4428 West 10th Ave
Vancouver, BC
V6R 4R8 Canada
Email: babyfriendly@canada.com
Webpage: www.babyfriendly.ca

Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

780 Echo Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5R7
Phone: 613-730-4192, 1-800-561-2416
Fax: 613-730-4314
Email: helpdesk@sogc.com
Webpage: www.sogc.org

UNICEF CANADA

11th Floor, 2200 Yonge St.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 2C6
Phone: 416-482-4444
Webpage: www.unicef.ca

UNICEF International

3 United Nations Plaza
New York NY USA 10017
Email: mlabbok@unicef.org
Webpage: www.unicef.org
Breastfeeding URL: http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding/baby.htm

The Canadian virtual women's information centre

Webpage: www.womennet.ca

Wellstart International

(* Model Hospital Policy Recommendations, * Promoting Breast-feeding in health facilities: A short course for administrators and policy makers)

4062 First Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 619-295-5192
Fax: 619-294-7787
Email: inquiry@Wellstart.org
Webpage: www.wellstart.org

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)

PO Box 1200
10850 Penang, Malaysia
Phone: 60-4-884816
Fax: 60-4-872655
Email: waba@streamyx.com
Webpage: www.waba.org.my

World Health Organization

1211 Geneva 27,
Switzerland
Webpage: www.who.int

Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding

Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding

WHO Publications in Canada, Canadian Public Health Association

Suite 400, 1565 Carling Ave.
Ottawa, ON, K1Z 8R1
Phone: 613-725-3769 Ext. 177
Fax: 613-725-9826

Resource Materials

Best Start Social Marketing

3500 E Fletcher Ave,
Suite 519
Tampa, FL 33613
Phone: 800 277-4975
Fax: 813 971-2280
Email: beststart@mindspring

Birth and Life Bookstore

141 Commercial St. N.E.
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 800-443-9942 or 503-371-4445
Fax: 503-371-4445

Canadian Learning Company

95 Vansittart Avenue
Woodstook, ON, N4S 6E3
Phone: 1-800-267-2977
Email: info@canleam.com

Childbirth Graphics

PO box 21207
Waco, TX 76702-1207
Fax: 817-751-0221
Webpage: www.childbirthgraphics.com

Info-Médicaments en Allaitmement et Grossesse

Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal
Phone: 514-345-2333

Mother Risk

Webpage: www.motherisk.org

Parentbooks

201 Harbord St.
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1H6
Phone: 416-537-8334

TALC - Teaching Aids at Low Cost

PO Box 49
St. Albans, Herts, UK AL1 4AZ
Fax: 44 727 46852

Web Sites

American Academy of Pediatrics

Webpage: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3b100/6/1035

Australian Breastfeeding Association

Webpage: www.breastfeeding.asn.au

Baby-Friendly™ Initiative in Ireland

Webpage: www.ihph.ie/babyfriendlyinitiative/

Baby-Friendly™ USA

Webpage: www.babyfriendlyusa.org

Baby Milk Action

Webpage: www.babymilkaction.org

Best Start Resource Centre, Toronto ON

Webpage: www.beststart.org

Breastfeeding.com

Webpage: www.breastfeeding.com

Breastfeeding and the law

Webpage: www.lalecheleague.org/LawMain.html

Canadian Health Network (CHN)

Webpage: www.canadian-health-network.ca

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

Webpage: www.cihr.ca

Health Canada

Webpage: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html

LACTNET email to LISTSERV for Lactation Consultants

Email to join: LISTSERV@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM

MidwivesOnline

Webpage: www.midwivesonline.com

Provincial and Territorial Breastfeeding and Baby-Friendly Initiative websites:

BC Baby-Friendly™ Network
Website: www.bcbabyfriendly.ca

Alberta Breastfeeding Committee
Website: www.breastfeedingalberta.ca

Manitoba Baby-Friendly™
Website: www.gov.mb.ca/health/nutrition/bfi2.html

Ontario Breastfeeding Committee
Website: www.breastfeedingontario.org

Ted Greiner's Breastfeeding Website

Webpage: www.geocities.com/hotsprings/spa/3156

UNICEF Canada

Webpage: www.unicef.ca

UNICEF International

Webpage: www.unicef.org

United Kingdom Baby-Friendly™ Initiative

Webpage: www.babyfriendly.org.uk/home.htm

Womennet.ca, the Canadian Women's Virtual Information Centre

Webpage: www.womennet.ca

Women's Health Matters

English Webpage: www.womenshealthmatters.ca French Webpage: www.femmesensante.ca