Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1085232 Midwifery 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Objectiveto describe the development of rigorous milk banking policies in the voluntary sector in Australia, 1975–1979, by the non-government organisation, the Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia (now the Australian Breastfeeding Association), and the eventual abandonment of milk banking by the organisation.Designhistorical article.SettingAustralia in the years 1975–1979.Conclusionsduring the period in which the policy development described here took place, conducting a milk bank to the rigorous standards set by the organisation required too heavy an investment of hours by unpaid volunteer coordinators to be sustainable.Implications for practicein establishing and continuing a successful milk bank, models which depend less on volunteer hours may be more sustainable.

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