Healthy People 2020 Objectives for the Nation
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Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together national, state, and local government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional organizations, businesses, communities; and individuals to address major public health issues. The report Healthy People 2020, released by the Department of Health and Human Services on December 2, 2010, is the latest science-based, 10-year national objective plan developed that serves as a roadmap for improving the nation’s health.
There are four objectives and five sub-objectives related to breastfeeding found under the Maternal, Infant and Child Health topic section.
| Healthy People 2020 Breastfeeding Objectives | |||
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| Objectives | Baseline | Target | |
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MICH-21: Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed |
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| MICH-21.1 | Ever | 74.0% of infants born in 2006 were ever breastfed as reported in 2007–09 | 81.9% |
| MICH-21.2 | At 6 months | 43.5% of infants born in 2006 were breastfed at 6 months as reported in 2007-09 | 60.6% |
| MICH-21.3 | At 1 year | 22.7% of infants born in 2006 were breastfed at 1 year as reported in 2007–09 | 34.1% |
| MICH-21.4 | Exclusively through 3 months | 33.6% of infants born in 2006 were breastfed exclusively through 3 months as reported in 2007–09 | 46.2% |
| MICH-21.5 | Exclusively through 6 months | 14.1% of infants born in 2006 were breastfed exclusively through 6 months as reported in 2007–09 | 25.5% |
| MICH-22: Increase the proportion of employers that have worksite lactation support programs. | 25.0% of employers reported providing an on-site lactation/mother’s room in 2009 | 38.0% | |
| MICH-23: Reduce the proportion of breastfed newborns who receive formula supplementation within the first 2 days of life. | 24.2% percent of breastfed newborns born in 2006 received formula supplementation within the first 2 days of life as reported in 2007–09 | 14.2% | |
| MICH-24: Increase the proportion of live births that occur in facilities that provide recommended care for lactating mothers and their babies. | 2.9% of 2007 live births occurred in facilities that provide recommended care for lactating mothers and their babies as reported in 2009 | 8.1% | |
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For supportive data regarding this objective, visit Healthy People 2020.
- Page last reviewed: April 11, 2016
- Page last updated: April 11, 2016
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