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public reputation. Dietary guidelines and growth charts Update and promote the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers and the Australian Dietary Guidelines. Embed the Infant Feeding Guidelines and the Australian Dietary Guidelines in health professional education and training. National dietary or other guidelines or protocols, such as for infant feeding or growth monitoring also interact with health care delivery systems and health professional education and training, to strongly influence individual women’s infant and young child feeding practices. Settings Health professional education and training Implement breastfeeding education and training for health professionals. Implement a clinical breastfeeding research program. There is evidence that education and training of health care workers results in improved knowledge of breastfeeding. The type of education and training that is most effective remains unclear. Evidence of translation into improved practices and breastfeeding outcomes is more mixed and
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