1. Welcome to Birth & Beyond California: Breastfeeding Training & Quality Improvement Project The Visitors by R.C. Gorman

Disclosures No one involved in this activity has any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests Julie Barker, CHES, MPH Carolyn Buenaflor, MPH Cynthia Fahey, MSN, RN Suzanne Haydu, MPH, RD Emily Lindsey, BSPsy, IBCLC Sheila Marton, RN, IBCLC Lorraine Miles, RN, FACCE, IBCLC Jeanette Panchula, RN, PHN, IBCLC Denise Parker, BA, IBCLC Karen Peters, MBA, RD, LCCE, IBCLC Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH Sadie Sacks, MSN, RN Carina Saraiva, MPH Leona Shields, PHN, MN, NP Ellen Steinberg, RN, LCCE, IBCLC Louise Arce Tellalian, RN, LCCE, FACCE, CLC 2

Birth & Beyond California Breastfeeding Training & QI Project Funded by the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Division The 16-Hour Learner Workshop curriculum is provided free of charge to any organization The 16-Hour Learner Workshop may be revised according to the organization’s needs and permission is not required No part of this curriculum may be sold 3

Birth & Beyond California Breastfeeding Training & QI Project 4 Funded by California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child, Adolescent Division Through the Regional Perinatal Programs of California, in collaboration with the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles Adapted from Perinatal Services Network – Birth and Beyond

Birth & Beyond California Goals To provide healthcare professionals with the tools to: – Enhance parent-infant attachment – Engender newborn breastfeeding competence – Increase patient satisfaction with no increase in staff workload 5

Birth & Beyond California Objectives Contribute to creating an environment for maternal-infant care based on best practice guidelines as defined in Providing Breastfeeding Support: Model Hospital Policy Recommendations Demonstrate the skills necessary to design a plan of care that will maximize mother and infant skin-to-skin contact and bonding Identify biologic, nutritional and immunologic properties of breastfeeding and the risks of artificial milk Recognize and discuss actions that will overcome common barriers to support mothers’ choice to exclusively breastfeed 6

7 Evidence Based Best Practices Examine new research relevant to our perinatal practices Evaluate the best way to utilize the new information in our care of mothers and babies Collaborate to implement Best Practices in perinatal care

Our Goal To help you get better results with less time & effort 8

Your Goals Why are you here? What do you hope to get out of this course? What specific questions do you have? 9