Building Bridges: The Power of Partnerships in Advancing Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Support
Research shows that most parents want to provide their baby with human milk—over 90% start breastfeeding. Yet within 48 hours, exclusive breastfeeding rates drop sharply, and by six months, they decline even further.
A key reason? Gaps in coordination and continuity of care among providers, which lead to gaps in the support parents need to meet their feeding goals.
Learn to create the kind of meaningful partnerships between healthcare providers and lactation professionals in your own setting that lead to successful breastfeeding outcomes! This course offers actionable strategies for creating supportive webs of connection between healthcare providers and lactation care providers so both can offer the integrated, coordinated lactation support parents and their babies need to thrive.
Robin Kaplan, M.ED, IBCLC, FNC, Founder and Owner of San Diego Breastfeeding Center, shares specific options for creating referral systems and partnerships between IBCLCs and other lactation support services, tailored for:
- Hospitals
- OBGYNs/midwives
- Pediatricians
- Mental health care providers
- PTs and OTs
- Local lactation coalitions
- County health departments
Kaplan’s suggestions are sure to spark creativity about how to create powerful connections in your own setting!
This Course Awards:
- 2 - L-CERPs
- 2 Nursing Contact Hours