Announcements
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The Section of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine (SONPM) of the American Academy of Pediatrics announces Editor-in-Chief Dr. Arthur I. Eidelman as the recipient of the 2023 SONPM Pioneer Award!
More information on the SONPM here.
Aims & Scope
Breastfeeding Medicine provides unparalleled peer-reviewed research, protocols, and clinical applications to ensure optimal care for mother and infant. The Journal answers the growing demand for evidence-based research and explores the immediate and long-term outcomes of breastfeeding, including its epidemiologic, physiologic, and psychological benefits. It is the exclusive source of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols.
Breastfeeding Medicine coverage includes:
- Breastfeeding recommendations and protocols
- Health consequences of artificial feeding
- Physiology of lactation and biochemistry of breast milk
- Optimal nutrition for the breastfeeding mother
- Breastfeeding indications and contraindications
- Managing breastfeeding discomfort, pain, and other complications
- Breastfeeding the premature or sick infant
- Breastfeeding in the chronically ill mother
- Management of the breastfeeding mother on medication
- Infectious disease transmission through breast milk and breastfeeding
- The collection and storage of human milk and human milk banking
- Measuring the impact of being a “baby-friendly” hospital
- Cultural competence and cultural sensitivity
- International public health issues including social and economic issues
Breastfeeding Medicine is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Arthur I. Eidelman, MD, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Israel, and other leading investigators. View the entire editorial board.
Audience: Physicians, pediatricians, growth and development specialists, midwives and perinatal nurses, obstetricians, and gynecologists, among others
Indexing/Abstracting:
- PubMed/MEDLINE
- PubMed Central
- Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded™ (SCIE)
- Scopus
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
- ProQuest databases
- CAB Abstracts
- Global Health
- British Nursing Index
- SafetyLit
- BenchSci