141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4327.0
Exploring the role of clinical practice and support for breastfeeding

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This sessions offers participants the opportunity to explore the roles of different types of healthcare providers who support breastfeeding mothers. Strategies to improve care delivery in varied settings and to support women with physiological challenges to breastfeeding will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Discuss the role of the clinician in breastfeeding support Discuss the role of the IBCLC in breastfeeding support Examine breastfeeding support for women with mammary hypoplasia and/or insufficient glandular tissue
Moderator:
Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD
Organizer:
Briana Jegier, PhD, CLC

2:30pm
Lactation consultants' perceived barriers to managing early breastfeeding problems   
Erica Hesch Anstey, PhD, CLC, Ellen Daley, PhD, MPH, Martha L. Coulter, DrPH MPH MSW, Kay Perrin, PhD, MPH, Cecilia Jevitt, CNM, PhD and Sharon Dabrow, MD
2:50pm
IBCLC practice: A unique approach to professionalized breastfeeding support   
Aimee Eden, PhD, MPH
3:10pm
Role of clinicians in breastfeeding practice in athens-clarke county, Georgia   
Rachel Powell, MPH, CHES, CPH, Ann Sears, M,Ed, Marsha Davis, PhD and Alex Kojo Anderson, PhD, MPH, CPH
     
3:30pm
Impact of support on breastfeeding duration in mothers with mammary hypoplasia/insufficient glandular tissue   
Diana Cassar-Uhl, MPH, IBCLC and Penny Liberatos, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Socialist Caucus, Breastfeeding Forum

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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