An Evaluation of the CDC's Community-Based Breastfeeding Supplemental Cooperative Agreement: Reach, Strategies, Barriers, Facilitators, and Lessons Learned
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Key lessons learned include the importance of time in creating lasting organizational change, use of data for program improvement, choosing the right partners, taking a collective approach, and leveraging resources. (Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Lilleston, P., Nhim, K., Rutledge, G. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
A Case Study of Michigan's Breastfeeding Initiative: The Role of Coalitions in Community-Based Breastfeeding Support
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) funded 9 local breastfeeding coalitions to implement breastfeeding support groups and to develop breastfeeding resources for mothers and health professionals. The authors conducted qualitative analyses of reports, success stories, and MDCH grantees’ interview responses (via follow-up call with 3 coalitions) to assess key barriers, facilitators, and lessons learned for coalitions implementing breastfeeding support groups. Coalitions noted implementation barriers related to their organizational structure and to recruiting mothers and finding meeting locations. Facilita...
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Hudson, I. J., Rutledge, G., Roberts Ayers, D. Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
The Impact of a Volunteer Postpartum Doula Program on Breastfeeding Success: A Case Study
This article describes the volunteer doula program and highlights one client’s story in an effort to encourage and motivate other communities to focus their limited dollars on the development of a volunteer doula program. (Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Cattelona, G., Friesen, C. A., Hormuth, L. J. Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Community-Based Participatory Initiatives to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in Indiana
This article provides valuable information about collaboration at the state level and the supporting infrastructure in place to carry out this project. Our findings about the number of clients served, number of visits, community-specific programs and activities, and lessons learned can be used by other organizations as they plan breastfeeding support programs for their community. (Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Friesen, C. A., Hormuth, L. J., Cardarelli, T. L. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
Using Videoconferencing Technology to Provide Breastfeeding Support to Low-Income Women: Connecting Hospital-Based Lactation Consultants with Clients Receiving Care at a Community Health Center
The Tele-Lactation Pilot Project (TLPP), 1 of 13 community-based breastfeeding projects implemented in Indiana in 2013 using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant funds, explored the feasibility of using videoconferencing technology to provide breastfeeding education and support to low-income women by a centrally located International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). The IBCLC was housed at the Breastfeeding Center at the hospital where the women would deliver; the women receiving the education and support were located at an inner-city community health center (CHC) where they received their primary ...
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Friesen, C. A., Hormuth, L. J., Petersen, D., Babbitt, T. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
Breastfeeding-Friendly Erie County: Establishing a Baby Cafe Network
The objective of this project, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was to establish at least 5 Baby Cafés in organizations that reach low-income women living in a high-need, racially/ethnically diverse, urban county with 1 of the lowest rates of breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity, and duration in New York. The New York State Department of Health partnered with the P2 Collaborative of Western New York and United Way of Buffalo & Erie County’s Healthy Start Healthy Future for All Coalition to facilitate the recruitment of 11 community-based agencies in Erie County, New York, to provi...
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Gregg, D. J., Dennison, B. A., Restina, K. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
The Bosom Buddy Project: A Breastfeeding Support Group Sponsored by the Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition for Black and Minority Women in Indiana
This article describes a variety of strategies used by the IBBC to expand programs and services. These activities provide a template for other community-based organizations that wish to provide culturally sensitive breastfeeding support in their community. (Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Friesen, C. A., Hormuth, L. J., Curtis, T. J. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
Online Continuing Education for Expanding Clinicians' Roles in Breastfeeding Support
Lack of health professional support is an important variable affecting mothers’ achievement of breastfeeding goals. Online continuing education is a recognized pathway for disseminating content for improving clinicians’ knowledge and supporting efforts to change practices. At the time we developed our project, free, accredited continuing education for physicians related to breastfeeding management that could be easily accessed using portable devices (via tablets/smartphones) was not available. Such resources were in demand, especially for facilities pursuing designation through the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initia...
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Edwards, R. A., Colchamiro, R., Tolan, E., Browne, S., Foley, M., Jenkins, L., Mainello, K., Vallu, R., Hanley, L. E., Boisvert, M. E., Forgit, J., Ghiringhelli, K., Nordstrom, C. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
Breastfeeding Support in a Community Pharmacy: Improving Access through the Well Babies at Walgreens Program
Well Babies at Walgreens is a unique community-based corporate partnership program that offers breastfeeding support by a lactation professional in a private room at the pharmacy. Walgreens is a community pharmacy chain with more than 8000 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The primary goal of Well Babies is to support breastfeeding women using a model that is expandable to other Walgreens pharmacy sites. The Well Babies program offers drop-in services, with a professional consultation by a lactation consultant and baby weight check, if desired. Well Babies creators are developing a bus...
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Lenell, A., Friesen, C. A., Hormuth, L. Tags: Insights in Practice Source Type: research
An Overview of the CDC's Community-Based Breastfeeding Supplemental Cooperative Agreement
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - October 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Rutledge, G., Ayers, D. R., MacGowan, C., Murphy, P. Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research
Membership Application
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Membership Application Source Type: research
Association News from the ILCA Board of Directors
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Association News Source Type: research
Independent Study Module for Lactation Consultants: "Behavior of the Newborn during Skin-to-Skin"
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Dani, C., Cecchi, A., Commare, A., Rapisardi, G., Breschi, R., Pratesi, S. Tags: Independent Study Module Source Type: research
Body Modifications and Breastfeeding: What You Need to Know
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Roche-Paull, R. Tags: Inside Track Source Type: research
From Human Milk Molecules to Population Health: Research Advances
(Source: Journal of Human Lactation)
Source: Journal of Human Lactation - July 16, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Perez-Escamilla, R., Wagner, C. L. Tags: 2014 ISRHML Abstracts Source Type: research
