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ForwardModule 3 - Lactation and Breastfeeding Beyond 6 Weeks
Breastfeeding duration is influenced by many factors including challenges with lactation and latching; concerns that the infant is not getting enough milk; uncertainty about breastfeeding while taking medications; lack of workplace policies that support breastfeeding and parental leave; social, cultural and family norms; and unsupportive hospital practices and policies. The goal of this program is to provide guidance on how to create a breastfeeding-friendly medical environment for parents, families and employees and utilizes a step completion program to track achievement toward a breastfeeding friendly environment.
Suggested Additional Reading:
- Bashiardes, S., Thaiss, C. A., & Elinav, E. (2016). It’s in the milk: Feeding the microbiome to promote infant growth. Cell Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2016.02.015
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Statistics (2020) Growth charts. https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/who_charts.htm
- Drover, A., & Pendergast, A. (2019). Development, implementation, and evaluation of a simulation based breastfeeding education course for health care professionals. Breastfeeding Medicine. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2019.29135.abstracts
- Eriksen, K. G., Christensen, S. H., Lind, M. V., & Michaelsen, K. F. (2018). Human milk composition and infant growth. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCO.0000000000000466
- Johnson, L., Van Jaarsveld, C. H. M., Llewellyn, C. H., Cole, T. J., & Wardle, J. (2014). Associations between infant feeding and the size, tempo and velocity of infant weight gain: SITAR analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort. International Journal of Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.61
Learning Objectives
- Describe the challenges of breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks.
- Recognize misconceptions by health professionals that create barriers to breastfeeding
- Develop office policies to support the duration of breastfeeding
- Provide anticipatory guidance to support mothers to successfully breastfeed
- Assist women with breastfeeding problems, and help them utilize community resources
Beverly Ann Curtis, DNP, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC — Beverly Ann Curtis is employed as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Keystone Pediatrics, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. She has practiced in general pediatrics and in breastfeeding medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Curtis has also served on numerous local and national boards including Chair of the Board of Directors of the United States Breastfeeding Committee. She has worked in many clinical settings developing breastfeeding evidence-based systems of care for families and their infants.
Debra L. Bogen, MD — Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Disclosure:
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is .5 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 0.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.50 Attendance