Research progress on breastfeeding assessment tools for infants
Breastfeeding difficulties are common among malnourished infants,and exclusive breastfeed-ing is one of the most effective means of ameliorating their malnutrition.Effective assessment is the first step for realizing exclusive breastfeeding.At present,there is a lack of assessment tools aiming at specific breast-feeding.This paper summarized the breastfeeding assessment tools applicable in this field,and introclued the content and role of breastfeeding assessment tools in order to further perfect the breastfeeding assessment tools to help the malnourished infants to achieve exclusive breastfeeding and promote their growth and development.