Promoting Breastfeeding-friendly Hospital Practices
Speakers:
Ruth Lawrence, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, and author of "Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession"
Trish MacEnroe, Executive Director
Baby Friendly USA
Moderator: Mary Applegate, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University at Albany School of Public Health, Director, NYS Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Hospital policies and practices have a profound impact on breastfeeding initiation rates and on long-term breastfeeding success. This year's Breastfeeding Grand Rounds will focus on pro-breastfeeding hospital practices, including UNICEF's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, and on efforts to promote those practices, including the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.
Objectives:
As a result of viewing this broadcast, participants will be able to:
- Describe the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
- Explain why the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding are important practices for birthing facilities to adopt
- Describe the global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
- Describe the 4-D Pathway for Baby-Friendly Designation within the United States
- Describe federal, state, municipal government efforts to promote the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
Originally broadcast August 5, 2010.
School of Public Health, University at Albany, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
It has been assigned Provider Code 7WDQEL-PRV-10.
Course code 7WDQEL-PRV-10-241; 2 contact hours.
School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 2.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.
This program was sponsored by the New York State Department of Health and funded by the USDHHS/HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
