Author(s): Elinor A. Graham MD, MPH; Aliya Haq RD, Harborview WIC; Salma Musa, Somali speaking Case Worker/Cultural Mediator, HMC Community House Calls; Anab Abdullahi, Somali Interpreter

Date Authored: January 1, 2007

Mother learning out to breast feed child
Photo by UNICEF Ethiopia (cc license)

A powerpoint slide show saved as PDF (22 slides), produced by practitioners at Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington, 2007; about infant overfeeding in immigrant families, with focus on Somali families. Considers factors leading to overfeeding, guidance for prenatal and postpartum education, and information about Somali cultural experience.