2nd Annual California Breastfeeding Summit to Inspire and Equip California Hospitals, Physicians and Community Partners to Improve Mother-Baby Outcomes

View the 2012 Summit Program

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Plenary Speakers:

• Improving Mother-Baby Outcomes in California: Celebrating Successes!  by Michele van Eyken, RD, MPH
• The State of California’s Maternity Care Practices and Breastfeeding Rates by M. Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC
• Achieving and Maintaining the Baby-Friendly Designation by Trish MacEnroe, BS, CDN, CLC

Conference Tracks:

Implementing Evidence-Based Maternity Care Policies and Practices in Hospitals 

• Utilizing Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care Survey (mPINC) and Other Data Sources to Track Success by Carina Saraiva, MPH and Cindy Fahey, MSN, RN, PHN
  • Handouts: mPINC Handout, MIHA Handout
• Shifting the Paradigm to Early Mother-Baby Attachment and Combined Postpartum Care: The Role of Staff and Physicians by Judy Lavoie, RNC, BSN, MA and Roberta Bruni, MD
• Protecting Patients from Unnecessary Supplementation and Formula Marketing by Maya Vasquez, RN, IBCLC and Shawna Helmuth, BSN, RN IB-CLC
• The New 20 Hour Curriculum, How to Maximize Your Training Moments: Diversify, Diversify, Diversify by Bonnie Henson, RN, BS, IBCLC and Carol Melcher, MPH, BS, RN
• Hospital Discharge Planning: Improving Communication and Referrals between Community Partners by Lily Morales, BS, CHES, IBCLC and Magdalena Estrada, LCCE, IB-CLC

Building Community/Public Health Breastfeeding Support

• Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes Through Hospital Consortiums by Christine Gibson, RN, PHN, CLE, Mary Woelfel, MPH, IBCLC and Karen Clemmer, MN, PHN
• Respect and Respond to Mom’s Request for Infant Formula by Jeanette Panchula, BA-SW, RN, PHN, IBCLC, Jackie Kampp, MSN, RN, CLC, NP-S and Anamaria Luna, IBCLC
  • Handout: Teaching Points to Use With Mothers Requesting Formula
• Breastfeeding Friendly Physician Offices by Jennifer Stewart, RD, MBA, CLS and Susanna Sibilsky, BS
• Utilizing Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (CPSP) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) to Maximize Breastfeeding Support in the Early Postpartum Period by Mary Sammer, MS, RD and Karen Farley, RD, IBCLC
• Overcoming Barriers: Breastfeeding in the Workplace by Rebecca Pastrana Sheng, IBCLC, Genevieve Colvin, IBCLC and Robbie Gonzalez-Dow, MPH, RD, CLE
  • Handout: Lactation Law Comparison

Using the SOFT Approach

• The SOFT Approach to Becoming Baby-Friendly by Carol Melcher, MPH, BS, RN
  • Handout: The SOFT Approach Workbook

Incorporating Baby Behaviors into Health Care Practice

• Teaching Patients the Secrets of Baby Behaviors: A Tool to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates by M. Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC
  • Handout: Teaching Patients About Baby Behavior
• Advanced Baby Behavior: Understanding Early Challenges by M. Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC
  • Handout: Advanced Baby Behavior