Introduction

Birth & Beyond California: Breastfeeding Training & QI ProjectWith funding from the federal Title V Block Grant

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No one involved in this activity has any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests

• Denise Parker, BA, IBCLC• Karen Peters, MBA, RD,

LCCE, IBCLC• Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH• Sadie Sacks, MSN, RN• Carina Saraiva, MPH• Leona Shields, PHN, MN, NP• Ellen Steinberg, RN, LCCE,

IBCLC• Louise Arce Tellalian, RN,

LCCE, FACCE, CLC

• Julie Barker, CHES, MPHc• Carolyn Buenaflor, MPH• Cynthia Fahey, MSN, RN• Suzanne Haydu, MPH, RD• Emily Lindsey, BSPsy, IBCLC• Sheila Marton, RN, IBCLC• Lorraine Miles, RN, FACCE,

IBCLC• Jeanette Panchula, RN, PHN,

IBCLC

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Disclosures

Birth & Beyond CaliforniaGoals

• To provide healthcare professionals with the tools to:– Enhance parent-infant attachment– Engender newborn breastfeeding

competence– Increase patient satisfaction with no increase

in staff workload

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Birth & Beyond CaliforniaObjectives

• Contribute to creating an environment for maternal-infant care based on best practice guidelines as defined in Providing Breastfeeding Support: Model Hospital Policy Recommendations

• Demonstrate the skills necessary to design a plan of care that will maximize mother and infant skin-to-skin contact and bonding

• Identify biologic, nutritional and immunologic properties of breastfeeding and the risks of artificial milk

• Recognize and discuss actions that will overcome common barriers to support mothers’ choice to exclusively breastfeed

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Birth & Beyond CaliforniaBreastfeeding Training & QI Project

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• Funded by California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Division

• Through the Regional Perinatal Programs of California, in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles

• Adapted from Perinatal Services Network – Birth and Beyond

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Evidence Based Best Practices

• Examine new research relevant to our perinatal practices

• Evaluate the best way to utilize the new information in our care of mothers and babies

• Collaborate to implement Best Practices in perinatal care

Our Goal

To help you get better results with

less time & effort

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Your Goals

• Why are you here?

• What do you hope to get out of this course?

• What specific questions do you have?

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