CBS Community Resources & Advocacy Flashcards

Under the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Break Time for Nursing Mothers provision, employers with how many or more employees are required to provide reasonable break time and a private space for expressing milk?

Answer: 50

The FLSA Break Time provision requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide nursing mothers with reasonable break time and a private space (not a bathroom) for up to one year after birth.

La Leche League International (LLLI) primarily serves breastfeeding families by providing:

Answer: Peer-to-peer mother support and education through trained volunteer leaders

LLLI is a nonprofit that trains volunteer leaders (experienced breastfeeding mothers) to facilitate community support groups and provide peer education.

The WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program in the US is designed to:

Answer: Train WIC participants who have breastfed to support other low-income breastfeeding mothers

The WIC Peer Counselor Program trains women from within the WIC community to provide culturally relevant, accessible breastfeeding support to other WIC participants.

Which federal U.S. law protects a mother's right to breastfeed in any federal building or on federal property?

Answer: The Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019

The Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2019 requires federal buildings open to the public to provide a lactation room that is not a bathroom.

When referring a breastfeeding mother to community support, a CBS should prioritize which resource for a mother experiencing clinical complications such as mastitis?

Answer: Her healthcare provider or an IBCLC for clinical assessment

Clinical complications like mastitis require medical evaluation and treatment; peer support is valuable but cannot replace clinical assessment and management.

A Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) designation requires hospitals to implement which core set of practices?

Answer: The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding as defined by WHO and UNICEF

BFHI certification requires hospitals to demonstrate implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, which include skin-to-skin, rooming-in, on-demand feeding, and no formula supplementation without medical indication.