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“We are here togetherI am yours and you are mine": One family's

WebBy: Holly Hansen , BFA, Project Manager, Healthy Children Project, Inc.* At my age, finding out that friends of mine are having a baby isn’t uncommon; last summer I …

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Understanding value and accessing capital in Black maternal health

WebThis number dips slightly to 63 cents, reflecting a slightly larger wage gap, when data on multiracial Black women—meaning Black women who also identify with …

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Breastfeeding and the Health Belief Model

WebWe know that infant feeding has a huge, long lasting impact on public health. Health education and health promotion doctoral student Erin M. Patenaude, MS, …

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Infusing work-life balance in medicine: reflections from Katrina B

WebInfusing work-life balance in medicine: reflections from Katrina B. Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, PMH-C, FACS

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Breastfeeding is a human right.

WebThe Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) issued a position statement in regard to breastfeeding as a human right. “The ABM asserts that it is a moral imperative to protect the mother’s and child’s basic rights to breastfeed for their own health and wellness, as well as that of the nations in which they reside.

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Healthy Children Project, Inc.

WebThe Center for Breastfeeding: A Major Focus of Healthy Children Project, Inc. Healthy Children (www.centerforbreastfeeding.org) is defining the field of research-based …

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Announcing the launch of the Continuity of Care (CoC) in …

WebQ: Will you please share a few examples of how stakeholders are answering the call to support healthy infant feeding? A: Our team has been closely following CDC’s …

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Respect in health care

WebRespect is a minimum in health care. It’s a starting point. Source: WIC. Nedhari said, “We can operationalize reproductive justice as a standard.”. In response to the urgency of the …

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It's Black Maternal Health Week: “Building for Liberation: Centering

WebApril is National Poetry Month. “[It] reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters,” says the Academy of …

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Breastfeeding and lactation support at Christiana Care Health …

WebSource: United States Breastfeeding Committee. Samantha Brown, CLC is a WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor working in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology …

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Honoring Indigenous Milk Medicine Week: “Nourishing Our Futures”

WebA Navajo woman originally from Coalmine, N.M., Singer currently lives in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Like this year’s Indigenous Milk Medicine Week theme “Nourishing Our Futures” which celebrates and respects the power of human milk as medicine for Indigenous People, Singer has been working to heal and uplift her community for 15 years.

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Stemming food apartheid

WebA woman somewhat hesitantly combs through the vegetables in her dish with her utensil in a foodiefreshmama Instagram video. She admits, “This is a different taste for me however, …

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Alabama birth worker facilitates holistic, sustainable care for

Web*Trigger warning: pregnancy loss Doula and childbirth/breastfeeding educator Kayla Bitten’s (processing PMH-C. IBCLC student, midwifery student) road to maternal …

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Why do Women Choose to Breastfeed (or Keep Breastfeeding)

WebTraditionally these have focused on lists of the benefits of receiving human milk for babies, including enhanced cognitive development, reduced risk of allergies and …

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Supporting Black breastfeeding in Wichita Metro Area

WebThe culture is undoubtedly changing and starting to include breastfeeding as a first choice for infant feeding. For Wichita specifically, there have been changes like the …

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BOMB Doulas address disparities in care among BIPOC birthing …

WebBOMB Doulas. To our knowledge, the BOMB Doula Program is one of the only city- and county- funded birth support initiatives. The pilot program was approved in …

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Human milk banks around the world

WebVietnam. The first human milk bank in Vietnam was officially opened on February 17, 2017, at the Danang Hospital for Women and Children. This facility is …

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Changing the narrative around infant feeding in Hmong population

WebYa ng says she is excited about sharing Hmong families’ journeys and changing the narrative. Although breastfeeding rates are low, Yang reminds us that “Hmong women …

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Recent happenings linking maternal child health and planetary …

WebLate this autumn, I went for a hike with my family that moved me to tears. As I looked over the rolling foothills cascading in green, its beauty, while simultaneously …

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Exploring Hmong breastfeeding care gaps

WebA 2018 WIC Breastfeeding report describes health inequities through low breastfeeding rates in the Hmong population. The report shows that “Traditional racial …

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Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Louisiana: …

WebDeerfield Beach, Fla. Every year, we look forward to connecting with those in the field of maternal child health and human lactation, sharing our experiences and knowledge to better support families.

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