Breastfeeding Promotion and Education-Department of

Public Health and Social Services. The Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services shall develop and implement a community-wide public education program promoting breastfeeding and its benefits. The education campaign shall include a component that strongly encourages pregnant women and mothers of newborn infants who receive any form of public assistance from the Department of Public Health and Social Services to attend prenatal educational courses on the promotion and benefits of breastfeeding. The Department of Public Health and Social Services shall coordinate with the Guam Memorial Hospital to develop and implement prenatal educational courses, in accordance with this Chapter. Breastfeeding information shall be published in pamphlets for distribution at the Department of Public Health and Social Services facilities and posted on the Department’s website. Additionally, the Department of Public Health and Social Services shall distribute such information to maternal health care providers, maternal health care facilities as described, infra, and to other entities upon request.