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Thurston County proclaims August 2025 Breastfeeding Awareness Month; local lactation staff highlight gaps and supports
Summary
The Board read a proclamation declaring August 2025 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Ashley Reynolds, a local lactation consultant and home visiting nurse, outlined state and national breastfeeding goals, local barriers to access and community supports such as nurse-family partnership.
At its Aug. 12 meeting the Thurston County Board of Health proclaimed August 2025 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month and invited registered nurse and board-certified lactation consultant Ashley Reynolds to brief the board on local work to support chest feeding.
Reynolds described breastfeeding as a public-health investment and cited state and national data to contextualize local needs: she noted the Healthy People 2030 goal of 54% of infants breastfed at one…
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