Child Develpment and Public Health

I choose Breastfeeding as the public health that impacts childhood development.  Breastfeeding is the best way for babies to receive good nutrition and be able to bond with the mother.  Babies who are exclusively breast-fed are less likely to get sick, because breast milk provides them with antibodies against any diseases to which the mother is immune (Berger, 2009).  

This topic was meaningful to me because my sister and I were both breast fed and we were both healthy babies who reaped all the benefits of being breast fed. 

Breastfeeding varies from place to place according to Breastfeed.com in Africa using breast to feed babies is a common in everyday life.  It is said if a mother doesn’t breast fed the mother is looked down on.  African women often come to the experience of breastfeeding with little or no doubt and trust in their ability to produce enough milk or milk of the right quantity (Brown, 2010).

Berger, K.S. (2009). The developing person through childhood (5^th ed.).  New York, NY: Worth Publishers. 

 Brown, T. (2010, November 13).  Breastfeeding around the World. http://www.breastfeed.com/articles/breastfeeding-advocacy/breastfeeding-around-the-world-2767/