Currently, lactation training courses aimed at health professionals are important for informing and supporting mothers who are breastfeeding. In this review, we seek to analyze similarities and/or variations in course content, modes of delivery, costs, teaching style and learning strategies among courses. To our knowledge, a review of lactation training courses available worldwide is lacking. Thus, the aim of this review is to describe course models aimed at training health professionals in lactation support for mothers. Through searching grey literature, training courses were obtained from several directories, including the Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition, International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE), International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), Lactation Education Accreditation Association and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC), World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Descriptions of ten training programs were included in the final review. Our group found variations in costs, modes of delivery and duration among courses. Certified training for health professionals in lactation is a promising approach for increasing and protecting breastfeeding. Breastfeeding mothers might also benefit from specifically trained health professionals, yet, well-conducted research on such training courses is still required. The variability in the mode of teaching, tuition costs and course content in breastfeeding education programs around the globe must be kept in mind when considering providing training on the optimal competency for health professionals.

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将系统综述搜索方法应用于灰色文献：对卫生专业人员母乳喂养支持的教育和培训课程的回顾


目前，针对卫生专业人员的哺乳培训课程对于为母乳喂养的母亲提供信息和支持非常重要。在本次审查中，我们试图分析课程之间的课程内容、授课方式、成本、教学风格和学习策略的相似性和/或差异。据我们所知，目前缺乏对全球哺乳培训课程的回顾。因此，本次综述的目的是描述旨在培训卫生专业人员为母亲提供哺乳支持的课程模型。通过搜索灰色文献，从多个目录中获得了培训课程，包括阿拉斯加母乳喂养联盟、国际哺乳顾问考试委员会（IBLCE）、国际哺乳顾问协会（ILCA）、哺乳教育认证协会和批准审查委员会（LEAARC）、世界母乳喂养行动联盟 (WABA)、世界卫生组织 (WHO) 和联合国儿童基金会 (UNICEF)。最终审查中包括了十个培训项目的描述。我们的小组发现课程之间的成本、授课方式和持续时间存在差异。对哺乳期卫生专业人员进行认证培训是增加和保护母乳喂养的一种有前途的方法。母乳喂养的母亲也可能受益于经过专门培训的卫生专业人员，但仍需要对此类培训课程进行良好的研究。在考虑为卫生专业人员提供最佳能力培训时，必须牢记全球母乳喂养教育项目的教学模式、学费和课程内容的差异。