While you will have only just received the previous issue last week, I wanted to promote this scholarship well before the deadline.

Enjoy the read

Health e-Learning is seeking applications for the Trudi Szallasi Scholarship.

This scholarship is open to anyone, and would be particularly useful to any candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds or minorities.

Applications close on the 16th May. Further information is available at http://www.health-e-learning.com/trudi-szallasi-memorial-scholarship

The Australasian Lactation Courses offers a distant education course for health professionals with the aim of expanding existing knowledge through a self-directed learning process whilst providing support for those involved in caring for the breastfeeding mother and her family. The course is also useful in preparation for sitting the IBLCE exam.  For more information www.australasianlactationcourses.com

From the journals….

Li CM, Li R, Ashley CG, Smiley JM, Cohen JH, Dee DL.

Associations of Hospital Staff Training and Policies with Early Breastfeeding Practices.

J Hum Lact. 2013 Apr 19;. [Epub ahead of print]

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23603574

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Maycock B, Binns CW, Dhaliwal S, Tohotoa J, Hauck Y, Burns S, Howat P.

Education and Support for Fathers Improves Breastfeeding Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

J Hum Lact. 2013 Apr 19;. [Epub ahead of print]

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23603573

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Barnes M.

Experiences of birth and breastfeeding following assisted conception.

Breastfeed Rev. 2013 Mar;21(1):9-15.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23600323

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Stuebe AM, Grewen K, Meltzer-Brody S.

Association between maternal mood and oxytocin response to breastfeeding.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Apr;22(4):352-61.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23586800

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Otsuka K, Taguri M, Dennis CL, Wakutani K, Awano M, Yamaguchi T, Jimba M.

Effectiveness of a Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Intervention: Do Hospital Practices Make a Difference?

Matern Child Health J. 2013 Apr 18;. [Epub ahead of print]

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23592322

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Naviglio S, Ventura A.

The science of breastfeeding: time for a change?

Acta Paediatr. 2013 Apr 16;. [Epub ahead of print]

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23590127

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Kuhn L, Kim HY, Walter J, Thea DM, Sinkala M, Mwiya M, Kankasa C, Decker D, Aldrovandi GM.
HIV-1 Concentrations in Human Breast Milk Before and After Weaning.
Sci Transl Med. 2013 Apr 17;5(181):181ra51.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23596203
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Bolea-Alamanac BM, Green A, Verma G, Maxwell P, Davies SJ.
Methylphenidate use in pregnancy and lactation, a systematic review of evidence.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Apr 18;. [Epub ahead of print]
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23593966
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Feldman-Winter L, Douglass-Bright A, Bartick MC, Matranga J.
The New Mandate from The Joint Commission on the Perinatal Care Core Measure of Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding: Implications for Practice and Implementation in the United States.
J Hum Lact. 2013 Apr 18;. [Epub ahead of print]
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23599268
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Bahuguna R, Younis Khan S, Jain A.
Influence of feeding practices on dental caries. A case-control study.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2013 Mar;14(1):55-58.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23597222
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Folayan MO, Sowole CA.
Association between breastfeeding and eruption of the first tooth in preschool children in Nigeria.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2013 Mar;14(1):51-54.
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&db=PubMed&list_uids=23597221
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March 2013 minutes posted- Minutes

Superfood for Babies, our new report estimates that 95 babies could be saved every hour if mother’s breastfed in the ‘power hour’ after birth. By breastfeeding babies colostrum – the mother’s first milk – within an hour of birth, a child’s immunity will be boosted making them three times more likely to survive.  – See more at: Save the Children

Flu Vaccines Are Safe and Important for Breastfeeding Women

New Rochelle, NY, January 24, 2013—Vaccination to protect against influenza is not only safe for breastfeeding women, it is also recommended. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that “breastfeeding is fully compatible with flu vaccination.”

“The CDC recommends influenza immunization for all persons 6 months of age or older. To protect infants and young children, it specifically recommends the flu vaccine for women who are breastfeeding and other household members and contacts of children less than 5 years of age, says Robert M. Lawrence, MD, Professor of Pediatric Immunology & Infectious Disease, University of Florida, Gainesville, and a Senior  Associate Editor of Breastfeeding Medicine, the Official Journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

“Protecting a breastfeeding mother against flu also reduces the risk of transmission to her infant and other young children in the household who are at especially high risk for influenza complications,” says Arthur Eidelman, MD, President of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Flu vaccines are not recommended for children younger than 6 months, and antiviral medications are not recommended under 1 year of age.

The best flu protection for infants is prevention. With maternal vaccination and breastfeeding, protective antibodies may be transferred through the breast milk, further reducing an infant’s risk of infection.

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study of flu vaccination in pregnant women and showed it not only to be safe and effective in protecting pregnant women against influenza infection, but also safe for the baby. In fact, the researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health found that among pregnant women with influenza during pregnancy the risk of fetal death was increased twofold.

Breastfeeding does not adversely affect a woman’s immune response, and a nursing woman can receive either the injected trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) or the nasal spray live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). 

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine,
140 Huguenot St., New Rochelle, NY 10801-5215
(800) 990.4ABM  (914) 740.2115 Fax: (914) 740.2101
abm@bfmed.org

Please go hear to view January meeting minutes, Minutes

Join us for our February mtg on February 5th at 1:00pm as we work to finalize plans for our upcoming conference. 

In an emergency
• There may be no clean drinking water.
• There may be no sterile environment.
• It may be impossible to ensure cleaning and sterilization
of feeding utensils.

http://www2.aap.org/breastfeeding/files/pdf/InfantNutritionDisaster.pdf