linical & Cultural Practices that affect Breastfeeding in Today's World
Friday October 1, 2004
Genesys Conference Center
801 Health Park Blvd.
Grand Blanc, Michigan
7:30A-4:30P
About our
Speakers
Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC is the executive
director of the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, Research, Educcation
and Legal Branch (NABA REAL) and past president of ILCA.
Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal MPH is a co-founder of the African American Breastfeeding Alliance and author of the book, "Breastfeeding Facts Over Fiction, Health Implications on the African American Community" abd the article, "The Politics of Vitamin D and Breastfeeding."
Katherine (Trinka) Klima, RN, MSN is a certified Nurse Midwife and physician assistant who has been providing health care to women for more than 25 years. She is currently employed at Henry Ford Health System Dearborn where her patients are predominently immegrant Arab Muslims. Herself a practicing Muslim, she has presented research on health care of Muslim women to health care professionals at numerous conferences in the US and abroad.
Overnight accomodations: Amerihost Grand Blanc 810-694-000
Program
| 7:30 | Registration |
| 7:50 | Welcome and introductions |
| 8:00 | How better assessment skills solve problems and preserve breastfeeding |
| 9:15 |
Break |
| 9:45 |
Straight talk about new formula additives |
| 10:30 | Promoting breastfeeding to African American Women |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | The politics of vitamin D Supplementation for breastfed babies |
| 2:00 | Beliefs of the Muslim community: Cultural practices that affect breastfeeding |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | The ethics predicament: Lactation Consultant Concerns |
| 4:15 | Questions for the speakers |
| 4:30 | Closing |
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Registration Form
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