Learning Session is on!
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12 teams have signed up for the first "in person" learning sessions for the Human Milk Initiative on January 13, 2011 in in Winston Salem at the Medical Center Conference Center on the Forsyth Campus. We know some are traveling long distances and therefore registration is at 8:45 am; we will start promptly at 9:30 and end at 3:30 pm. Directions?
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Data Collection Continues
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Many teams are entering the 2010 data into the web data base and we are grateful for the time and effort to do so. Data collection continues throughout the initiative and assuring that the staff completes the form in its entirety is the only way the data will be useful to you to document improvements.
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| Crucial Conversations contributed by Polly Sisk, PhD |
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 Most health care providers have no difficulty talking with mothers about providing breast milk for their VLBW infants if they have already made the decision to breastfeed.
However, many of us are uncomfortable talking with mothers who plan to formula feed about providing mothers' milk even though we have ample evidence of ifs benefits for VLBW infants. Our hesitation stems from concern that this type of discussion may be perceived as coercive and a source of increased anxiety for mothers.
Despite these common assumptions several studies (Jaeger 1997, Miracle 2004, and Sisk 2006) indicate that mothers want evidence-based information about their feeding choices, these discussions do not increase anxiety (Sisk 2006), and these discussions are associated with high rates of pumping initiation and mother's milk feeding in VLBW infants.
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| Contact |
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 Karen Metzguer
PQCNC Improvement Advisor
metzguer@med.unc.edu
Work: 919-966-8391
Mobile: 919-619-6332
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