The panel experts will share their experiences creating an open, accepting, compassionate health care system for LBGTQ persons and lead the audience in steps to build change into their work environments.
The panel experts will share their experiences creating an open, accepting, compassionate health care system for LBGTQ persons and lead the audience in steps to build change into their work environments.
uring this session, attendees will gain a better understanding on how data entered into DAISEY influences decision making at the state and federal level. Attendees will also gain insight into DAISEY resources and current data projects that offer a vision of what to expect on the data horizon in Iowa.
Family support professionals can play a pivotal role by promoting breastfeeding during pregnancy, providing evidence based information, and connecting families to resources, and which can in turn help mothers meet their breastfeeding goals. There are critical periods in breastfeeding during which a family support professional can provide both support and education to promote breastfeeding and protect the breastfeeding relationship. It is essential to have a basic understanding of breastfeeding in order to provide support to families. This training will provide information to help family support professionals meet the needs of breastfed infants and their families.
Breastfed and formula fed infants have different feeding needs and can exhibit variation in patterns of typical behaviors. This training will provide information about the benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and infant, evidence based practices to support the breastfeeding family, and explore the connection between infant feeding behaviors, development, and attachment. There will be information about infant growth patterns, reflexes, hunger cues, and development. Healthy bottle feeding practices will be discussed. Additionally, information about where to access evidence based information, services available in Iowa, and an introduction to basic counseling skills to help mothers make the decision to breastfeeding including discussion of common myths and misperceptions.
