Today, Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA announced the launch of It’s Only Natural, a new public education campaign that aims to raise awareness among African American women of the importance of and benefits associated with breastfeeding and provide helpful tips. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health collaborated …
Regional workshop for Northwest Florida on the Substance Exposed Newborn to be held at Lakeview Center on April 26th – 8:30 am – 4 pm. This meeting is an outgrowth of the wonderful dialogue started at the ECABS Methadone presentation last November. Mission: To reduce the Prevalence of Substance Exposed Newborns by promoting a collaborative …
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It’s time for our candidates to tell us where they stand on the legislation and policies that moms need and deserve to be successful in reaching their personal breastfeeding goals! Although you’ve sent over 13,000 letters to Congress in support of theBreastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011, and more than 3,600 letters to saveWIC peer counseling …
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Mothers’ Milk Bank of New England has created a booklet, “Use of Pasteurized Donor Human Milk as NICU Standard of Care.” It is a template and guide for hospitals wanting to establish use of donor milk as standard of care. It is now available to download from their website, free of charge. www.milkbankne.org, on the …
See birth at a Baby-Friendly Hospital versus a Typical Hospital. Cosponsored by the Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon and the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9KptD3t110&feature=youtu.be
Date: January 2012 Contact: Scott Sherwood For immediate release Tel. 919-861-4543 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 919-861-4543 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Email: ScottSherwood@uslcaonline.org Morrisville, NC–January 20 marks the anniversary of Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin’s historic Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. Dr. Benjamin challenged all Americans to do their part to remove barriers to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is …
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The Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators were released yesterday. The Maternal, Infant and Child Health Objectives are available athttp://healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/objectiveslist.aspx?topicId=26#93911. In addition to the goals for breastfeeding initiation, 6 months, 1 year and exclusive breastfeeding at 3 month and 6 month objectives, there are objectives for worksite lactation support programs, reducing the supplementation in first …
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Here is the Fair Booth Banner that we have received for the fair (actually we have three of them)! Many thanks to our donor who made this purchase possible.
This is an article posted on the Advances for Nurses website regarding changing the culture about breastfeeding. By Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Changing institutional culture is a difficult task. In the U.S., with only 13.6 percent of infants exclusively receiving human milk for the first 6 months of life, breastfeeding is not the …
This article discusses the new Health Care Reform Provision that requires unpaid break time for mothers to be able to pump. It outlines the requirements and some of the needs. It also points out that the policy does not cover everyone. “The legislation covers only women who are paid an hourly wage, not a salary, …
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