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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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“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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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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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 …

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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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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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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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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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Breastfeeding is eco-friendly.

WebBreastfeeding is eco-friendly. Planetary protection has never been more crucial, and the undeniable relationship between planetary health and human health has …

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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 …

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Hispanic Health Council’s Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride (BHP

WebPhoto by Luiza Braun. Over half of the Hispanic Health Council’s Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride (BHP) Program peer counselors were once served by …

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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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public health Archives

WebMinter also served as the manager of maternal infant health initiatives for March of Dimes Nebraska, Black maternal health organizer for I Be Black Girl and …

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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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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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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 …

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Sisters on a milk mission

WebWhen sisters Kendra Valton and Gina VanCant first became pregnant around the same time, they were living several states apart. But it wasn’t long before …

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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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Eight Days in Egypt

WebPost by Cindy Turner-Maffei and Karin Cadwell. Last year Dr. Karin Cadwell, Healthy Children Project, Inc. (HCP) Executive Director was thrilled to plan a new project …

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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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