Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding: Best Practices in the Maternity Setting: Best Practices in the Maternity Setting

by Karin Cadwell, Cindy Turner-Maffei

Overview

Implementing Continuity of Care in Breast Feeding emphasizes quality and continuity of care; management issues; and policies and procedures that support breastfeeding in the hospital setting whether in the inpatient maternity, NICU, or ambulatory care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763751845
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	07/15/2008
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Karin Cadwell, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANLC, IBCLC is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker, researcher and educator in the field of health communication and maternal child health. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of nursing and a PhD in health policy. She has worked in hospitals and in public health settings and as university faculty in health communication and maternal child health. She convened Baby-Friendly USA, implementing the UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the US. Dr. Cadwell served on the IBLCE Panel of Experts to develop the first certification exam. Her extensive clinical experience includes hospital and community practice, and she continues to counsel nursing mothers on Cape Cod.She is a currently a member of the faculty of the Healthy Children Project as was a member of the faculty of Union Institute and University’s Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees in maternal child health. She was Visiting Professor and chair of the Health Communication Master’s Program at Emerson College (a joint appointment with Tufts University School of Medicine and Public Health) where she taught courses in health behavior change, risk communication and health communication.'She is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of nutrition and maternal child health.' '

Cynthia (Cindy) Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC is a lead faculty member of the Healthy Children Project, Inc., where she develops and conducts training programs and research projects. A frequent speaker on the national and international level, she served as national coordinator of Baby-Friendly USA for 14 years, overseeing the assessment and designation of more than 100 U.S. Baby-Friendly maternity facilities. Cindy has worked as a nutritionist and breastfeeding educator in WIC and other maternal child health programs, in clinical and private practice settings as a nutritionist and lactation consultant, and as a professor at Union Institute and University. A member of breastfeeding coalitions on the regional and national level, including the US Breastfeeding Committee, she is also the author of several articles, monographs, and books, including Continuity of Care: Best Practices in the Maternity Setting (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009). She has had the honor of collaborating in research into the impact of education and practice on maternal child health outcomes in the U.S. and in Latvia, Egypt, Sweden, and is currently developing research on the impact of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices on dietary diversity in later life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Evidence-Based Policy-A Cornerstone of Continuity of Care 1

Chapter 2 Optimizing Breastfeeding Knowledge, Skill, and Competency Throughout the Healthcare System 19

Chapter 3 Prenatal and Perinatal Education Regarding Infant Feeding 37

Chapter 4 Getting Breastfeeding Off to a Good Start-The First Hour After Birth 49

Chapter 5 Assessing and Supporting Breastfeeding Beyond the First Hour of Life-Key Steps in Supporting the Breastfeeding Couplet 57

Chapter 6 Assuring Exclusive Breastfeeding 71

Chapter 7 Assuring Ongoing Mother-Baby Contact 85

Chapter 8 Pacing the Breastfeedings 95

Chapter 9 Avoiding Extracurricular Suckling and Feeding in the Learning Phase of Breastfeeding 107

Chapter 10 Keeping Breastfeeding Going-Bridging the Gaps Into the Community 119

Chapter 11 The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative-A Tool for Change 129

Chapter 12 Providing Woman-Centered Breastfeeding Care 141

Chapter 13 Improving Maternity Care for Breastfeeding Through Practice Change 149

Index 159