Commentary on "We Need Patient-Centered Research in Breastfeeding Medicine" by Stuebe. Breastfeed Med 2021;16:349-350.

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Helen Shere, Low Milk Supply Foundation Board, Gainesville; Laurel Weijer, Low Milk Supply Foundation Board, Gainesville; Harriet Dashnow, Low Milk Supply Foundation Board, Gainesville; Elizabeth L Moreno, University of Utah; Susanna Foxworthy Scott, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Helen Baker, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-08-16
• Publisher: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © Helen Shere et al., 2021; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2021.0202
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 12
• Start Page: 933
• End Page: 934
• Grant/Funding Information: No funding was received for this article.
• Keywords: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Pediatrics; Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Nursing; Health Sciences, Epidemiology

Abstract

The President's Corner article by Dr. Alison Stuebe entitled “We Need Patient-Centered Research in Breastfeeding Medicine” shines a light on the need for increased health care provider awareness, education, and empathy in clinical cases wherein exclusive breastfeeding is not able to be achieved.1 For lactating parents experiencing chronic lactation insufficiency—here defined as the production of less milk than is required to exclusively feed an infant for the duration of the breastfeeding relationship, despite following best practices—issues around health care provider awareness, along with a lack of evidence-based solutions, often lead only to increased frustration during an already fraught time for parents' physical and mental well-being.