Why Breastfeeding Support is a Shared Responsibility

1. Root Causes of Health Disparities include Social Determinants of Health and Epigenetics.

a) True
b) False

2. Social Determinants of Health include which of the following:

a) Economic Stability
b) Environments/Surroundings
c) Healthcare Access/Health Traditions
d) Education
e) Emotional and Social Connections
f) All of the above

3. Epigenetic Formation (Ages 0-3 years) includes which of the following:

a) External Experiences
b) Neural Signals Launch
c) Gene Regulatory Proteins
d) Epigenetic Markers
e) DNA Strands
f) Chromosome can pass on genes to next generation
g) All of the above

4. According to the National Perinatal Association, the composition of Breast Milk includes which of the following:

a) 90% water
b) Fats
c) Carbohydrates
d) Proteins
e) Vitamins and minerals
f) Hormones
g) Antibodies
h) Stem cells
i) Enzymes
j) All of the above

5. According to Laurel Wilson, The Long-Term Impacts of Breastmilk on Health indicate many of the components in human milk can change gene expression in the newborn baby via breastfeeding.

a) True
b) False

6. Breastmilk can help lower a mother's risk of which of the following:

a) High blood pressure
b) Type 2 Diabetes
c) Ovarian Cancer
d) Breast Cancer
e) All of the above

7. Infants who are breastfed have a lower risk of which of the following:

a) Asthma
b) Obesity (risk factor for Type 2 Diabetes
c) Type 1 diabetes
d) Severe lower respiratory disease
e) Acute otitis media
f) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
g) Gastrointestinal infections
h) Necrotizing enterocolitis
i) All of the above

8. The World Health Organization and Baby Friendly USA provide recommendations regarding which of the following to promote successful breastfeeding:

a) Hospital Policies
b) Training Staff to Support Breastfeeding Moms
c) Antenatal Care and Education
d) Care Right After Birth – Encouraging Skin to Skin Time and Putting Babies at their Mom's Breasts
e) Support Mothers with Breastfeeding
f) Supplementing Breast Milk Feedings with Formula only when Medically Necessary
g) Rooming-in
h) Responsive Feeding 24/7
i) Education for Moms on Bottles, Teats, and Pacifiers
j) Discharge with Breastfeeding Program information
k) All of the above