Add a Telehealth Frame To Your Facebook Profile

4 év ago
Are you providing lactation support via telehealth? Help families learn that they can access your care online by choosing to display our new telehealth frame on Facebook.  Choose from any of the following options: #1 #2 #3  How to Add a Profile Frame on Desktop  Navigate to your profile page by clicking your name on […]
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ILCA Statement on Breastfeeding and Lactation Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

4 év ago
Statement released: 18 March 20 All international world health guidelines agree: Breastfeeding should continue and be supported during the COVID-19 epidemic, with appropriate precautions. Breastfeeding protects infants and young children, particularly against infectious disease. When a person is lactating and becomes ill with a virus, they develop antibodies to fight the illness. Those antibodies are […]
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Joint Statement for CSW64: Invest in breastfeeding for gender equality and sustainable development

4 év ago
As skilled lactation providers, we know that national and global policies affecting health care, workplace support, and access to breastfeeding and chestfeeding support impacts our individual clients’ ability to reach their infant feeding goals. We additionally know that reaching those individual goals impacts that one family, but also the health of the community and even […]
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Celebrating IBCLC Day!

4 év ago
Lactation education. Home lactation support. Helping breastfeeding and chestfeeding families in clinics and hospitals. Human milk research. Emergency and disaster support for displaced families with infants. These are just a few of the ways that you as International Board Certified Lactation Consultants® (IBCLCs®) are contributing to world health outcomes by sharing your expertise. On 4 […]
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Ten Strategies for Supporting LGBTQIA Families

4 év ago
How well does your clinical setting or private practice serve LGBTQIA patients and clients? Is there more you could be doing? In ILCA’s recently released webinar, Care of the Same Sex Family, Diane DiTomasso, PhD, RN, shares strategies for effectively supporting LGBTQIA families. Here are ten highlights for providing culturally appropriate care from her webinar. […]
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ILCA Seeks Bylaws Changes in 2020

4 év 1 hónap ago
The ILCA Board of Directors is pleased to ask ILCA voting members (those who are currently certified as an IBCLC®) to vote on the 2020 bylaws changes. The ILCA Board of Directors supports the proposed changes. Voting ILCA members are encouraged to make an informed decision after thoughtful consideration of the issues, before they visit […]
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Ten Things IBCLCs Need to Know About the Gut Microbiome

4 év 1 hónap ago
New understanding of how human milk affects the gut microbiome is helping to explain exactly how the benefits of human milk are achieved. We hear a lot these days about the gut microbiome—and with good reason. Evidence suggests that the bacteria in our gut influence virtually every aspect of our functioning, from our stress and […]
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Six Tips For Preparing To Breastfeed

4 év 1 hónap ago
Your baby has not yet arrived, but you know you plan to breast- or chestfeed. What are the best ways to prepare? Below, International Board Certified Lactation Consultants® (IBCLCs®) share six top tips on how to get ready for the journey ahead. Taking these steps now will maximize your chances of meeting your breastfeeding goals. […]
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How Can You Improve Outcomes By Supporting A Family’s Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy?

4 év 2 hónap ago
Self-efficacy—most of us have heard the term. Similar to self-confidence, self-efficacy is the feeling you have when you see yourself as capable of accomplishing a goal, and you are pretty certain that you can succeed. You probably know intuitively that your client’s self-efficacy about breast- or chestfeeding is an important component of their success. But […]
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IBCLC Care Awards: Applications Now Open

4 év 2 hónap ago
Let potential clients know that your Hospital-Based Facility or Community-Based Agency recognizes the role of the International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®) in protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding by applying for the IBCLC Care Award. The IBCLC Care Awards are promoted to new families and the general public which means your facility can enjoy the […]
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Top 10 JHL Posts of 2019

4 év 3 hónap ago
On topics ranging from addressing disparities to trends in research on human milk exchange, our community tapped into the top-accessed resources of Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) nearly 180,000 times last year. As we wrap up 2019, we compiled this list of the year’s top ten most accessed JHL articles. Planning on using research to guide […]
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Fighting Cross-Marketing of “Follow-up” Milks

4 év 3 hónap ago
Families often do not know the difference between infant formula and toddler milks. According to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), advertising and promotion of toddler or follow-up milks is a way to circumvent the protections provided by the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (International Code). These toddler or follow-up milks are […]
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Call for Papers: State of the Science August 2020 Issue

4 év 4 hónap ago
Guest post by Journal of Human Lactation Editor in Chief, Joan Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN The aim of state of the science literature reviews that Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) features in our August issue is to provide an up-to-date picture of what is well established in a particular aspect of lactation and to […]
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Understanding ILCA’s Advocacy Strategy

4 év 4 hónap ago
At ILCA, all of our advocacy work is defined by our overarching goal: sustainable policy change so that more children survive and thrive through breastfeeding/chestfeeding and so that skilled lactation care is valued globally. The advocacy strategy was shared with our community by advocacy advisor Michele Griswold at the recent All General Meeting at the […]
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New Resource: Advocacy Toolkit

4 év 6 hónap ago
The evidence is now stronger than ever: breastfeeding is critically important for women and children in both high- and low-income countries. Increasing the rates of breastfeeding worldwide will help countries to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—including Goal 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Breastfeeding is a woman’s right and empowers women as mothers, […]
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ILCA Seeks Advocacy Advisor

4 év 6 hónap ago
ILCA would like to thank Michele Griswold, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC, for her service as the ILCA Advocacy Advisor to the Board of Directors. During her time in this new role for ILCA, she has helped to shape this position and has created a vision and strategy that will help advance breastfeeding worldwide and elevate […]
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Three Research Takeaways: Supporting Lactating Women Who Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse

4 év 6 hónap ago
How can new research inform how lactation consultants support women who are breastfeeding and who have experienced childhood sexual abuse? The Journal of Human Lactation article, Breastfeeding in Women Having Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse, aims to “investigate experiences with breastfeeding in women with a history of [Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA)].” Find three key takeaways we […]
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Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week 2019

4 év 7 hónap ago
The International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®) is proud to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week (25 August – 31 August).  This year’s theme is “The World Is Yours: Imagine. Innovate. Liberate.”  Black Breastfeeding Week consists of a series of online and face-to-face activities. Check out their website and social media profiles (including their Facebook page here) for […]
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Access FREE Articles from Journal of Human Lactation #WBW2019

4 év 7 hónap ago
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration of the role of breastfeeding in our homes, our communities, and the world.  As a part of our 2019 theme, Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding, we are proud to announce that Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) is making available 5 essential articles to everyone – FREE* through 31 August […]
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