CDC’s 2022 national survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) will close on October 17, 2022. Thank you to hospitals that have already submitted their survey! Fewer…
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Duncan Regional Hospital has joined the list of 10 other Oklahoma Baby-Friendly Designation hospitals. Check out OBRC’s site for more info on what it means to be truly Baby-Friendly! https://obrc.ouhsc.edu/Baby-Friendly-Hospitals…
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The USBC has recently posted their 2021 Breastfeeding Reports for all 50 states which includes data from 2020. The reports feature important breastfeeding data, WIC program breastfeeding performance measurers, and information on…
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SOURCE: AWHONN. 2021. Provision of Human Milk in the Context of Gender Diversity: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 15. JOGNN, DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2021.07.006 RECOMMENDATIONS: Clinicians should use gender neutral terminology when discussing…
As the professional voice of neonatal nurses, the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) recommends women abstain from marijuana consumption while breastfeeding or providing human milk for consumption. NANN has…
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COBA is super excited to launch its first-ever scholarship program to assist those who are studying to become lactation professionals or further their training through obtaining the IBCLC. Attached are…
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Breastfeeding is an evidence-based recommendation for all countries, but breastfeeding rates have been declining in many middle-income settings. One reason behind this decline is the perception…
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Racial disparities in breastfeeding are similar to those that persist in other facets of health, including infant mortality. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 25.6%…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether breastfeeding and its duration are associated with a reduced risk of low IQ scores or other neurodevelopmental problems. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of…
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December 14, 2020 – Several countries have recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer/BioNtech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. A second mRNA COVID vaccine, manufactured by Moderna, will be…
Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center Announces: 9th Annual Becoming Baby-Friendly in Oklahoma Summit the virtual edition Friday, February 26, 2021 9:00am – 4:30pm REGISTER HERE The first 10 Oklahoma birthing hospitals…
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Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown and social distancing led to changes to breastfeeding support available to women in the United Kingdom. Face‐to‐face professional support was reduced, and face‐to‐face…
Business meeting to begin at 11:30am Click here to review the agenda and bylaws revision prior to the meeting Panel discussion will follow at 12:15pm Systemic Racism and its Effects on…
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To all our Oklahoma hospitals, We have been getting a lot of info from the CDC recently, including: 2020 Breastfeeding Report Card: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2020-Breastfeeding-Report-Card-H.pdf 2020 Breastfeeding Rates: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/results.html 2018 mPINC Survey…
Please join for the most current recommendations about breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lot of confusion and concern over whether it is safe to keep mothers and…
Congratulations to The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine for being designated as Oklahoma’s 10th Baby-Friendly hospital! The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine is the Oklahoma’s largest hospital to achieve this…
From the commentary: “Many in medicine are genuinely committed to supporting breastfeeding trainees and physicians, but good intentions alone cannot overcome such entrenched and pervasive barriers and beliefs. Departmental lactation…
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Reference: Barry M. Lester, Elisabeth Conradt, Linda L. LaGasse, Edward Z. Tronick, James F.Padbury, Carmen J. Marsit. Epigenetic Programming by Maternal Behavior in the Human Infant. Pediatrics, Sep 2018, e20171890; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1890 Related commentary: “Motherless Children Have the Hardest Time”: Epigenetic Programming and Early Life Environment OBJECTIVES: We…
OBJECTIVES: We studied neonatal cortical brain response to 4 types of nonpharmacological analgesia (oral glucose, expressed breast milk, maternal holding plus oral glucose, breastfeeding). We aimed to assess the differential effect…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Marijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug among breastfeeding women. With legalization of marijuana in several US states and a 1990 study in which authors documented…
Reference: Louisa Gibson, Melanie Porter. Drinking or Smoking While Breastfeeding and Later Cognition in Children. Pediatrics, Aug 2018, 142 (2) e20174266; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4266 METHODS: Data were sourced from Growing Up in…
USLCA is hosting a regional workshop at Samis Education Center on June 8th, 2018. 7 CERPs/7 Nursing Contact Hours are available for this workshop. See brochure for more details. Featured…
A meta-analysis analyzing the impact of breastfeeding duration and the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) will be published in the November issue of Pediatrics, concluding that breastfeeding for…
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OBRC recently announced their newly acquired program for Breastfeeding: A Continuing Education Program (BCEP). BCEP is a comprehensive, self-paced program designed to teach health care providers consistent, accurate, and current…
The journal Pediatrics has released an article entitled, “Variation in Formula Supplementation of Breastfed Newborn Infants in New York Hospitals.” The authors found that approximately half of breastfed infants in…
Congratulations to Chickasaw Nation Medical Center who just received their Baby-Friendly Hospital designation! Oklahoma now has 7 designated hospitals which means 15.3% of Oklahoma babies are now born in a…
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Abstract The landscape of breastfeeding has changed over the past several decades as more women initiate breastfeeding in the postpartum period and more hospitals are designated as Baby-Friendly Hospitals by…
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Recently, the CDC released the state Maternal Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) scores. Oklahoma received a total score of 78/100, ranking 28th overall. Download the full report here….
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