Our 26th annual International Breastfeeding Conference held January 14-17 in Deerfield Beach, Florida, was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who took part in our fun, educational and inspiring week.
To extend the conference’s value, we’ve compiled the presentations from the week. Whether you missed the event and want to check out the topics discussed, or attended and want to look at some of the research papers for reference or to share with colleagues, see below for a list of resources.
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What’s it like to attend the International Breastfeeding Conference? Blogger Jess Fedenia gave her perspective on the 2020 event in two installments:
2020 International Conference Resources
- Where Are We Now?: Breastfeeding 360 – Karin Cadwell, PhD, FAAN, RN, ANLC, IBCLC, Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC & Anna Blair, PhD, IBCLC, CLC
- A Public Health Offering: How Exploring Implicit Bias Can Improve Breastfeeding Outcomes, Reduce Inequities, and Reshape the Lactation Workforce – Ravae Sinclair, JD, CD (DONA), LCCE
- Anxiety, Oxytocin, and Breastfeeding – Anna Blair, PhD, IBCLC, CLC & Karin Cadwell, PhD, FAAN, RN, ANLC, IBCLC
- Development of a Breastfeeding Policy for Women Living in Shelters – Nikki Lee, RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
- The First 1000 Days: Our Dream Initiative’s Plan for Transforming Egypt – Abla Al Alfy, MD
- Effect of SMS Communication Does Not Improve First Hour Initiation of Breastfeeding Rate in a Randomized Trial from Low-toMiddle Income Country Setting – Bhavneet Bharti, MD, DNB
- The Role of Vaginal Seeding After Cesarean in Establishment of the Newborn Microbiome – Donna Walls, RN, BSN, ICCE, IBCLC, ANLC
- Virus Killing by Specialized White Blood Cells in Breast Milk: How Breastfeeding Can Be Protective Against HIV Infection – Rebecca Powell, PhD, CLC
- I Have My Certification… What’s Next? Helping Mothers Reach Their Breastfeeding Goals–Without Giving Away the Store – Paula Hart, BS, RN, IBCLC, CCE & Carin Richter, RN, MSN, APN-BC, IBCLC, CCBE
- Baby Steps: Improving Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Parenting Services for Students and Employees on College Campuses – Erin McKinley, PhD, RD, LD, CLC, CHES
- Case Studies in Breastfeeding: Problem Solving Skills and Strategies – Karin Cadwell, PhD, FAAN, RN, ANLC, IBCLC & Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC
- Nipple Shield Use in Preterm Infants: Prevalence, Reasons for Use, and Association with Exclusive Breastfeeding – Ragnhild Maastrup, RN, PhD, IBCLC
- “Will the Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?” The Importance of Hospital and Community Connection on Maternal Child Health – Felisha Floyd, BS, CLC, IBCLC
- Assessing the Impact of Hospital-Based Breastfeeding Interventions on Infant Health – Cristiano Boccolini, PhD & Patricia Boccolini, PhD
- Skills Lab: Supporting Complementary Feeding: Solids, Liquids, and Gas – Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC & Anna Blair, PhD, IBCLC, CLC
- Breastfeeding without Nursing: Why Do Some Breastfeeders Exclusively Pump? – Fiona Jardine, PhD Candidate, MLS, LLM, ALC
- Human Milk, Lactation, and the Gut Microbiome – Maureen Groër, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Effects of early life NICU stress on the developing gut microbiome
- Implications of Probiotics on the Maternal-Neonatal Interface: Gut Microbiota, Immunomodulation, and Autoimmunity
- Infection and Fever in Pregnancy and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Findings from the Study to Explore Early Development
- Priming for health: gut microbiota acquired in early life regulates physiology, brain and behaviour
- Skin-to-Skin Contact in the First Hour After Birth: Even More Magical Than We Thought! – Kajsa Brimdyr, PhD, CLC
- Possibilities for Closeness Between Infants and Parents in Neonatal Wards: Results from 36 Countries in the Neo-BFHI Survey – Ragnhild Maastrup, RN, PhD, IBCLC
- Barriers to Breastfeeding in Appalachia: A Sociocultural Perspective – Stephanie Carroll, MBA, IBCLC, CLS, CLC
- Evaluating the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in Brazil: Multi-NBCAL Study – Cristiano Boccolini, PhD & Patricia Boccolini, PhD
- A Review of Congenital and Genetic Disorders and Their Potential Impact on Breastfeeding – Bethany Gallagher, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT & Kate Hale, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT
- Presence and Significance of Intrauterine Heirloom Microbes on Long Term Infant Health – Maureen Groër, PhD, RN, FAAN
- When Milk is Hard to Swallow – Lillian Scott, MS, CCC-SLP, IBCLC
- Benefits of Premature Infants Receiving Breast Milk and Strategies to Safely Feed Them – Bethany Gallagher, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT & Lorilyn Russell, MS, RD, LDN, CLC
- Unique and Surprising Findings About Maternal Child Health – Karin Cadwell, PhD, FAAN, RN, ANLC, IBCLC & Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, ALC, IBCLC