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Building Healthcare Professional Skills to Support Breastfeeding Achieving Health Equity: Providing Skilled Breastfeeding Support Universally Webinar August 5, 2020 Laurence M. Grummer - Strawn, PhD Department of Nutrition and Food Safety

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Building Healthcare Professional Skills to Support Breastfeeding

Achieving Health Equity: Providing Skilled Breastfeeding Support Universally

WebinarAugust 5, 2020

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, PhDDepartment of Nutrition and Food Safety

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“Skilled” breastfeeding counselling

● Health workers must provide: education reassurance/confidence practical help problem solving anticipatory guidance consistent information

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Existing WHO/UNICEF tools

Model chapter on IYCF

https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/9789241597494/en/

IYCF counselling course

https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/9789241504812/en/

Online Code training course

www.nutritionlearning.org

FAQs on the Code for Health Workers

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240005990

Counselling cardshttps://www.unicef.org/nutrition/files/co

unseling_cards_Oct._2012small.pdf

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Capacity-building tools released today(https://www.who.int/health-topics/breastfeeding)

● BFHI competency verification toolkit

•BFHI maternity staff training curriculum

● BFHI for small, sick and preterm newborns

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BFHI competency verification toolkit

● 2018 Guidance calls for competency verification

● Competency framework 16 core competencies 64 performance indicators

● Tools Competency verification tool Examiner’s resource Multiple-choice questions Case studies Observation tools

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BFHI maternity staff training curriculum

● Updates 20-hour course from 2009

● 21 sessions including Interactive learning Role playing Case-studies Clinical practice

● Curriculum includes Participant’s manual Trainer’s guide Director’s guide Slide sets Customization guide

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BFHI for small, sick and preterm newborns

● Application of the Ten Steps for neonatal care units

● Human milk reduces morbidity & mortality

● Considers unique challenges Transition from tube to cup to breast Lactogenesis/coming to full volume Donor human milk Neonatal ward infrastructure

● Includes Neonatal ward infant feeding policy Monitoring indicators Expected breast milk volume Supplemental feeding methods

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Thank you!