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Online Program

2064.2
Strategies to support breastfeeding dyads

Sunday, November 1, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
This session presents posters describing intervention research focused on supporting mother-infant dyads to achieve recommendations for optimal infant feeding.
Session Objectives: Evaluate the impact of policies and interventions on breastfeeding outcomes. Describe current public health practice with respect to breastfeeding support.
Organizer:
Nathan C. Nickel, MPH, PhD

Board 1
Considerations and Analyses of a "Breastfeeding in all Policies" Approach   
Cecilia Barbosa, PhD, MPH, MCP
Board 2
New Mexico WIC Hospital Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Evaluation: Preliminary Results   
Heidi Fredine, MPH
Board 3
Experiences of Women Living with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Breastfeeding Challenges and Need for Breastfeeding Support   
Elizabeth Baker, PhD, MPH, CPH
Board 4
Pre-pregnancy Obesity and Lack of Breastfeeding Initiation in the United States: An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Differences   
Saba Masho, MD, MPH, DrPH, Susan Cha, MPH, PhD and Michelle Morris, MPH
Board 5
Misconceptions and barriers to breastfeeding in Chinese American patients at a community health center in New York City: Preliminary findings from a needs assessment   
Shalini Vora, MPH, Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, Allan Ho, MD, Nina Song, MPH, Hui Liang Wu, Loretta Au, MD MPH, Brenda Wan, Yajie Zhu, Jennifer Lau, MPH and Christine Park
Board 6
Results using the CDC ScoreCard to Assess Breastfeeding-Friendly Worksites     
Margaret Henning, MA, PhD, Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM, Holly Horan, MA and Maryanne Keating, Student
Board 7
Milk Banks and Blood Banks: How Collaborations can Work   
Janice O'Rourke, MPA, RD and Sarah Long, IBCLC
Board 8
Breastfeeding and Social Media among First-Time African American Mothers   
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN, IBCLC, Audrey Lyndon, PhD, RNC, FAAN, Catherine Waters, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dawn Dailey, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC and Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN
Board 9
BEST [Breastfeeding Employer Support Time] Project   
Tyler Lennon, BS, Carrie Vanden Wymelenberg, MSW, CLC, Dalvery Blackwell, BS, IBCLC and Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH
Board 10
Does a Surgeon General's Call to Action make a difference on exclusive breastfeeding prevalence and duration?   
Emily Forsyth, MS, BSN, RN, CHES and Hsien-Chang Lin, PhD, MA

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

Organized by: Breastfeeding Forum
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

See more of: Breastfeeding Forum