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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding. Status in WV. WV has the 4 th lowest breastfeeding rate in the US WV initiation rate of 59.3% compared to national average of 73.8% WV breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age is 26.8% compared to national average of 41.5%. Lactation Training.

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Breastfeeding

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  1. Breastfeeding

  2. Status in WV • WV has the 4th lowest breastfeeding rate in the US • WV initiation rate of 59.3% compared to national average of 73.8% • WV breastfeeding rate at 6 months of age is 26.8% compared to national average of 41.5%

  3. Lactation Training • $20,000 allocated by WV legislature in 2007 and 2008 to provide training opportunities to hospital nurses and others • A 5 day/45 hour training presented by Lactation Education Consultants offered twice in WV • 76 healthcare and social service providers completed the course in November 2007 • 59 healthcare and social service providers completed the course in May 2009

  4. Locations of WIC Counties and West Virginia Obstetric Delivery Facilities That sent staff to Lactation Training in 2007 and 2009 HANCOCK Weirton General, Weirton, Wheeling Hospital Ohio Valley Medical Center BROOKE Pleasant Valley Hospital OHIO Monongalia General, Morgantown Reynolds Memorial, Glen Dale WVU Hospitals MARSHALL Pleasant Valley Hospital MONONGALIA Preston Memorial WETZEL MORGAN Fairmont General BERKELEY TYLER PRESTON City Hospital, Martinsburg MARION Camden Clark St. Joseph’s PLEASANTS MINERAL Pleasant Valley Hospital JEFFERSON TAYLOR HAMPSHIRE HARRISON Jefferson Memorial, Ranson DODDRIDGE GRANT RITCHIE WOOD BARBOUR TUCKER Roane General Hospital United Hospital Center, Clarksburg LEWIS HARDY WIRT UPSHUR Grant Memorial, Petersburg GILMER JACKSON CALHOUN RANDOLPH MASON WomenCare Birth Center PENDLETON ROANE Davis Memorial, Elkins BRAXTON St. Mary's Hospital St. Joseph's, Buckhannon Cabell Huntington Hospital WEBSTER CLAY PUTNAM CABELL Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Weston POCAHONTAS WAYNE KANAWHA LINCOLN NICHOLAS CAMC Women’s and Children’s FAYETTE Summersville General BOONE Thomas Memorial Hospital GREENBRIER LOGAN Logan General Hospital Greenbrier Valley Medical Center WV obstetric services that sent staff WV Tertiary Perinatal Referral Centers That sent staff County WIC Programs that sent staff Other obstetric hospitals MINGO RALEIGH Williamson Memorial Hospital WYOMING SUMMERS MONROE Raleigh General Hospital MCDOWELL MERCER Princeton Community Hospital Welch Community Hospital Bluefield Regional Medical Center

  5. Future Training Recommendations • Take training opportunities to hospitals and other healthcare facilities • Work with healthcare provider training programs to include at least the basics of breastfeeding education/counseling in curriculum

  6. Established a statewide breastfeeding coalition • Breastfeeding professionals and advocates were polled about interest in a statewide coalition • An initial steering committee was formed to lay groundwork for coalition development • Submitted grant proposal to WVBPH Office of Healthy Lifestyles, funding awarded

  7. Promotion efforts • Rack Card and Website established • www.wvbfa.com • 2 organizational meetings held • Feb. 3, attendance about 30 • May 12, attendance 32 • Mission, vision, goals and committees established (Education, Promotion, Protection) • Official members of the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC)

  8. WVBA was 1 of only 7 state breastfeeding coalitions to be awarded a mini-grant from the USBC this year. • $2,000 mini-grant to • promote the establishment of local coalitions and develop tools to assist this process • Develop and distribute educational packets to key media outlets • Present report on this project at the national USBC conference in January 2010.

  9. WVBA was 1 of 10 state coalitions to be selected to implement the Business Case for Breastfeeding project • Goal is to increase worksite support for breastfeeding moms • National training team coming to WV Sept. 29-30 to conduct a 2-day training • Prepare advocates to educate businesses about the benefits of supporting breastfeeding moms

  10. Recognition of worksites supportive of breastfeeding moms • Nomination forms currently being promoted • Forms available at www.wvbfa.com • Awards will be recognized in August, World Breastfeeding Month, during a proclamation by Governor Joe Manchin III

  11. Breastfeeding Policy Issues • Protection of the right to breastfeed in public. • Current state law protects a woman from being charged with indecent exposure while breastfeeding in public • Ideal law would provide the breastfeeding mother the right to feed her child in any place that she and the baby are permitted to be.

  12. Breastfeeding Policy Issues • Protection of breastfeeding mothers at work • Returning to work is the #1 reason many women stop breastfeeding within the first few months. • Some mothers choose to not start breastfeeding in anticipation of problems when returning to work • This issue is a policy priority for the WVBA

  13. Breastfeeding Policy Issues • Hospital Policies to support breastfeeding • Brief survey of hospitals indicated a wide range of breastfeeding practices and policies • Encourage and support them to adopt policies based on the US HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding

  14. Presentations • WV Growing Healthy Children Conference 2008 • Governor’s Conference on Worksite Wellness presented by the Wellness Council of WV • October 2008 • October 2009 • Seeking additional opportunities for presentations/exhibits

  15. www.wvbfa.com • Cinny Kittle 304-344-9744 ckittle@wvha.org

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