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
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
“Skilled” breastfeeding counselling
● Health workers must provide: education reassurance/confidence practical help problem solving anticipatory guidance consistent information
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
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
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
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
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
Thank you!