Topic: Breastfeeding

Implementation of Healthy Maternity Policies

This webinar highlights successful strategies and best practices that have been implemented in the North Dakota and Nevada state health agencies to encourage breastfeeding and to help new parents return to work. In addition, Virginia describes how they work with businesses in their state to develop breastfeeding policies.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Provide an overview of ASTHO’s environmental scan of worksite wellness programs and policies in state health agencies
  2. Provide examples of how state health agencies can support and implement effective healthy maternity policies within their department.
  3. Provide examples of how state health agencies can support local business to develop and implement their own healthy maternity policies.

Source:
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Topics:
Breastfeeding
EBP Implementation

Benchmarks:
Initiating Breastfeeding
Sustaining Breastfeeding

VDH: Impact of Domestic Violence on Perinatal Health Outcomes (Project Connect Training Module 3)

This module, part of the blended learning series, Project Connect: Creating Futures Without Violence, covers the impact of domestic violence on perinatal health outcomes. Improving perinatal and birth outcomes are core goals for many home visitation programs. This module makes the connection between pregnancy and domestic violence including associated risk behaviors around the time of pregnancy that are associated with poor birth outcomes, low birth weight, interference with breastfeeding, and postpartum depression.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify at least three effects of domestic violence on women’s risk behaviors during pregnancy
  2. List at least two effects of domestic violence on birth outcomes
  3. Describe the connection between domestic violence and breastfeeding

Source:
CDC

Topics:
Breastfeeding
EBP Implementation
Intimate Partner Violence

Benchmarks:
Intimate Partner Violence