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Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute presenting at APHA annual meeting

October 5, 2009 -- The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute’s (CBI) faculty and students will be presenting many sessions at the American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting in Philadelphia November 7-11, 2009.

Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, who directs CGBI, will be presenting in three sessions and is also chairing the international health section events. The first session, "Best practices in breastfeeding support: controversies and recommendations," will provide examples of programs in developing countries, progress that has been made, and challenges currently faced in expanding services. Panelists will provide recommendations and outline current needs for expanding breastfeeding services internationally. Labbok will present the history of global breastfeeding support, including controversies and recommendations. She will also share information about the institute’s support for breastfeeding practices, and the multiple factors impacting a mother’s decisions related to breastfeeding shaped by social and biological forces, in a session titled, "Enabling optimal infant feeding through research, teaching, and advocacy: The Carolina Breastfeeding Institute."

During another session, Labbok will moderate and discuss "Development of the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) for family planning: research results and lesson learned from implementation." The objective of the session is to demonstrate how mainstreaming LAM into national and international family planning programs will benefit maternal and child health both by increasing birth spacing as well as by improving optimal breastfeeding.

Emily Taylor, CBI senior projects director, will present a poster titled "Constraints to exclusive breastfeeding: findings and recommendations." The presentation will cover a review of the literature with recommendations for policy and program change in the United States.

In addition, Hannah Pollet, a graduate research assistant at CBI, will present a poster on "Breastfeeding after six months: a forgotten but revitalized global issue." The presentation will evaluate the health impact of breastfeeding after six months and problems with its measurement.

More information:

APHA Conference information: http://www.apha.org/meetings/
APHA International Health: http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/intlhealth/

Carolina Breastfeeding Institute contact: Miriam Labbok, (919) 966-0928, labbok@unc.edu.

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