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Running head: BREAST FEEDING PROMOTION PLAN 1
Breast Feeding Promotion Plan
Breanna L. Wells
Capella University
Health Promotion Plan
Practicing in the Community to Improve Population Health
March 2020
BREAST FEEDING PROMOTION PLAN 2
Health Promotion Plan
Breast Feeding Promotion Plan
Part 1
For many individuals, thinking about health and health care is a personal issue (Young, 2017). This means they do not like others to interfere with their matters regarding how they look after themselves and what types of diseases they have had (2017). In order to address different economic, cultural and social environments at local, state and national levels, this mindset has to be changed and the efforts should not be limited to traditional sectors (2017). For example, so many women in the United States and other parts of the world do not breastfeed their babies. This health promotion plan aims to make such ladies understand that it is integral to breastfeed their children; otherwise, they may suffer from breast cancer and other health problems. Also, the
proper growth and development of their babies will become difficult or impossible. The chance is that children will start having weak immune systems, digestive systems, and nervous systems and this will keep them from living a healthy or normal life when they grow up. The target audience, community or population of this health promotion plan is young ladies who are planning their families, are pregnant or have recently delivered babies.
Part 2
The proposed health promotion strategies are young girls and women should be educated on the importance of breastfeeding at home and in schools, colleges, and universities where they spend a big part of their lives (Taylor & Boies, 2016). Another idea is to use social media to create awareness among such ladies (Freedman, 2018). For example, specific social media profiles, pages, accounts, and groups can be created where young girls and women should be welcomed with open arms. Through these groups, pages, and accounts, they can be taught how,
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when and why they should breastfeed their babies and what could happen to them and their children if they do not do so. For example, some young ladies remain concerned about their fitness, and right after delivering their babies, they begin going to the gym and do not bother to breastfeed their babies claiming that this could ruin the shape of their bodies or could waste much of their time. With this health promotion plan, we intend to make such ladies or girls understand that they and their children can never have a healthy and fit life if breastfeeding is not
done on time.
As far as the goals of this health promotion plan are concerned, we would like to say that breastfeeding can lower the risks of diarrhea, respiratory diseases, and other complications; so, it is integral for every woman or girl to breastfeed her baby for at least six months (Afshariani, 2014). We want to convince young girls in this regard through this health promotion plan, and for this purpose, we have given ourselves a deadline of four weeks (Palfrey, 2018). Within this time period, we will surely convince at least 40 percent of ladies across the city who are not breastfeeding their babies. It should be noticed that this health promotion plan is meant for the local community, and on national and state levels, the same or other measures should be taken by
the government itself. Even when a girl or woman remains busy at home or is doing some job, she can spare some minutes to breastfeed the child for three to five times a day.
Part 3
Communication is obviously needed to ensure community health. For this purpose, different modes of communication are likely to be used like online chats, mobile calls, and face-
to-face conversations (Palfrey, 2018). We may also set up programs for new fathers and grandparents who will be requested to shake hands with us in this noble cause so that more and more people can benefit from this health promotion plan. Family members will be provided with
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up-to-date information so that they can teach new mothers at home on how, when and why to breastfeed every single day.
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