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American Academy of Pediatrics
New Jersey Chapter
3836 Quakerbridge Road
Suite 106
Hamilton, NJ 08619

Phone: 609-842-0014
Fax: 609-842-0015

Margaret (Meg) Fisher, MD, FAAP
Chapter President

Fran Gallagher, MEd
Executive Director
fgallagher@aapnj.org

Bert Mulder
Director of Membership & Events
bmulder@aapnj.org

For Hospitals
NJ Parent Link - Announcing NJ Parent Link, The State of New Jersey’s Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center.
  • Are you pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant?
  • Are you the parent or guardian of an infant, toddler or preschooler?

If so, please log on to NJ Parent Link @ www.njparentlink.nj.gov

What is NJ Parent Link?  NJ Parent Link is a broad based public/private initiative (10 state departments and 14 community/professional partners) supported by the federal Health Resources & Services Administration’s, State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) Program Grant (2009-2012).

New Jersey Health and Senior Services is the lead agency for this project, coordinating over 30 government service units participating on the website development team.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, New Jersey Chapter is a participating agency on the NJ Parent Link Team.

Highlighting state services and resources, the goal of NJ Parent Link is to improve the accessibility, coordination and delivery of information and services to parents of young children, to improve the communication capabilities between the public and private sectors, and provide the IT foundation for inter/intra agency service collaborations and policy development.

Innovative website features include: interactive consumer content sections; tailored subscription services, a community calendar of events; continuing education/leadership postings; a children’s art gallery and streaming video for public service announcements.

                             


Resources for Hospitals

 2007 Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition Care Report 
AAP Policy Statement_Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk 
Abstracts 
Health Care Reform and Breastfeeding 
Sample Hospital Breastfeeding Policy for Newborns 
Taskforce on Childhood Obesity Breastfeeding Section 
The 4 D Pathway to Baby Friendly Designation


Baby-Friendly Hospital Initative Forum Presentations
Feld-Winter - How Hospitals Influence Breastfeeding
Haines - Implementing Change 
Merewood - From Bottles to Breasts 
Noble - Benefits of Breastfeeding


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