The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Breastfeeding: implementing national policy; programs and research
3117.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Breastfeeding: implementing national policy; programs and research
This session will highlight innovative program approaches to implementation of national policy targeting breastfeeding.
Learning Objectives: By the Close of this session the learner will: *Discuss public health interventions to involve men in the breastfeeding experience. * Identify the characteristice of a breastfeeding intervention that would meet the needs of low-income African American Women. *Identify the characteristice of a breastfeeding intervention that would meet the needs of adolescent Latina women. * Discuss the benifits of a train the trainer program to increase the effectiveness of staff in helping women initiate breastfeeding.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Sara B. Fein, PhD
Jan Weingrad-Smith, CNM, MPH
Moderator(s):Jan Weingrad-Smith, CNM, MPH
10:30 AMBreastfeeding among latina adolescents: A cultural health care perspective
Ivette Becerra-Ortiz, MSN, MPH
10:44 AMWithdrawn -- Breastfeeding intervention to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration among low-income African American women
Valencia E. Latting, BA, Cynthia Reeves Tuttle, BS, MPH, PhD
10:58 AMMen of Diverse Cultures: Knowledge and Attitudes about Breastfeeding
Christine A. Pollock, RN, PhD, Rosa Bustamante-Forest, RN, MPH, MN, Gloria Giarratano, RN, PhD
11:12 AMTurning Dads into breastfeeding advocates:Results from a pilot study in Baltimore
Wendy Shields, MPH, Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH, Jessica Bienstock, MD, MPH
11:26 AMCommunity-based breastfeeding coalition building: Implementing an Iowa model in New York
Julia D Block, MD, MPH, Corinne A. Doran, MS, RN, NP, Kathleen Van Deventer, RN, MS, PNP
11:40 AMBreastfeeding promotion that works: Training the health care team
Marion McCartney, CNM, FACNM
Organized by:Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA