Breastfeeding Grand Rounds 2020: Community Breastfeeding Support in the Time of Public Health Emergencies

Presenters:

Priscilla DeJesus, MPA, Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities at the East Harlem Action Center and the Brooklyn Neighborhood Health Action Center Baby Café
Barbara Dennison, MD, Director, Policy and Research Translation Unit, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, New York State Department of Health, Clinical Professor, Depts of Epidemiology and Statistics & Health Policy, Management and Behavior, UAlbany
Sharon N. Marshall, CLC, Program Manager, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Brooklyn Breastfeeding Empowerment Zone (BFEZ) and the Newborn Home Visiting Program
Kelsey Munn, RD, IBCLC, CDN, CLC, Community Lactation Consultant Bellevue Women’s Center at Ellis Medicine, Schenectady

At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:

Summarize evidence-based strategies to reduce disparities in breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration;
Describe current recommendations to support breastfeeding for pregnant women and new mothers and their infants during public health emergencies, such as COVID-19; and
Explain how community support networks, Baby Cafés and home visiting programs support women to breastfeed for a longer time period.

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Participant Information

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Note: Medically Underserved Populations may include groups of persons who face economic, cultural or linguistic barriers to health care.

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Program Evaluation

Using the rating scale, please rate the following.

Overall, the course was high quality. *

Learning Outcome
As a result of this educational activity, I have increased and enhanced my knowledge and competence on: *
“As a result of this activity, the learner will increase their knowledge and competence on cultural and socioeconomic disparities in breastfeeding and the importance of community support networks for breastfeeding parents.”

Objectives/Learner's achievement of each objective
As a result of this educational activity, I am able to:

Summarize evidence-based strategies to reduce disparities in breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration; *

Describe current recommendations to support breastfeeding for pregnant women and new mothers and their infants during public health emergencies, such as COVID-19; and *

Explain how community support networks, Baby Cafés and home visiting programs support women to breastfeed for a longer time period. *

Presenters

Presenter 1
Priscilla DeJesus, MPA, Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities at the East Harlem Action Center and the Brooklyn Neighborhood Health Action Center Baby Café

Is knowledgeable in content area *

Content is consistent with objectives *

Teaching strategies were appropriate for topic *

Teaching by this presenter was effective *

Presenter 2
Barbara Dennison, MD, Director, Policy and Research Translation Unit, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, New York State Department of Health, Clinical Professor, Depts of Epidemiology and Statistics & Health Policy, Management and Behavior, UAlbany

Is knowledgeable in content area *

Content is consistent with objectives *

Teaching strategies were appropriate for topic *

Teaching by this presenter was effective *

Presenter 3
Sharon N. Marshall, CLC, Program Manager, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Brooklyn Breastfeeding Empowerment Zone (BFEZ) and the Newborn Home Visiting Program

Is knowledgeable in content area *

Content is consistent with objectives *

Teaching strategies were appropriate for topic *

Teaching by this presenter was effective *

Presenter 4
Kelsey Munn, RD, IBCLC, CDN, CLC, Community Lactation Consultant Bellevue Women’s Center at Ellis Medicine, Schenectady

Is knowledgeable in content area *

Content is consistent with objectives *

Teaching strategies were appropriate for topic *

Teaching by this presenter was effective *

Conflict of Interest

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Outcomes of Education

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