I was also expected to teach the counselors only very basic information
and encourage them to provide primarily emotional support for the moms.
Instead, I trained them to solve almost any  bf problems and taught
them the science behind breastfeeding (as we knew it then). They were
then able to share this kind of information with their own clients,
which I believe is one reason our program was so successful.
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The fact that they were treated as intelligent, educable caring mothers
who could learn and pass on information helped too. Just because you
are poor and poorly educated, doesn't mean you are stupid and can't
learn technical, "scientific" information and doesn't mean you can't
make informed choices in caring for yourself and your family!
Naomi
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
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Researcher, Writer, Educator
in Maternal and Child Health
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