Manitoba Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors

Breastfeeding Resources

Breastfeeding Week - Oct 1-7, 2009 - Proclamation [français]

The Manitoba Baby Friendly Co-ordinating Committee Breastfeeding Resources are made up of information about breastfeeding and the Baby Friendly Initiative from international sources such as the WHO and UNICEF, as well as national sources like the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada and local sources from here in Manitoba. They are designed as a resource for health care professionals working to promote breastfeeding and the Baby Friendly Initiative in their health care facilities and communities. 

Also contained in these resources are two PowerPoint presentations. The presentations can be used in whole or in part to assist health care professionals and breastfeeding advocates in providing training and sharing information about the Baby Friendly Initiative, and about breastfeeding.

BFI.ppt is a presentation detailing the history of the Baby Friendly Initiative internationally, reasons for breastfeeding, the International Code on the Marketing of Breastmilk substitutes, and an example of breastfeeding policy elsewhere in Canada.

10 Steps.ppt is a presentation focused on the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding specifically.

If you have questions about Manitoba's breastfeeding initiatives, please e-mail the Manitoba Baby Friendly Co-ordinating Committee Co-ordinator.

Choose from the following sections:

• Section 1:  Breastfeeding Committee for Canada

• Section 2:  International Resources

• Section 3:  Manitoba Baby-Friendly Co-ordinating Committee

• Section 4:  Studies and Research

• Section 5:  Powerpoint Presentations: BFI and the Ten Steps

• Section 6:  Promotional Material and Handouts

• Section 7:  Links

• Breastfeeding Committee for Canada - Home
  
  
  • BCC History and Accomplishments
    
    
• What’s New
  
  
  • Breastfeeding Definitions and Data Collection Periods
    
    
  • BCC Selected Annotated Bibliography (November 2005)
    
    
• Baby Friendly Initiative
  
  
  • Canadian Facilities Designated as Baby-Friendly
    
    
  • Who Benefits from Baby-Friendly™?
    
    
  • BFI Assessment Process and Costs: a description of the Baby-Friendly Journey
    
    
  • BFI Assessment Flowchart: an Overview of the BFI Process
    
    
  • Calculation of Exclusive Breastfeeding Statistics: Hospitals & Birthing Centres
    
    
  • The Baby-Friendly™ Initiative in Community Health Services: A Canadian Implementation Guide
    
    
  • Implementation Guide Order Form
    
    
  • BFI Hospital Self Appraisal Tool (To be used in conjunction with the BCC BFI Practice Outcome Indicators for Hospitals)
    
    
  • BCC BFI Practice Outcomes Indicators for Hospitals and Community Health Services:
    
    
    • Part 1 : Guiding Assumptions
      
      
    • Part 2: The Ten Steps and Practice Outcome Indicators for Baby-Friendly™ Hospitals
      
      
    • Part 3: The Seven Point Plan and Practice Outcome Indicators For The Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding in Community Health Services (CHS)
      
      
    • Part 4: Checklists and Appendices
      
      
• The International Code
  
  
  • An Introduction to The International Code
    
    
  • The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and Subsequent Resolutions
    
    
• Provincial and Territorial Information
  
  
  • Provincial/Territorial Representatives to the Breastfeeding Committee For Canada - 2007
    
    
• BCC Publications
  
  
• BCC Documents
  

 

• World Health Organization

• UNICEF breastfeeding site
  
  
• UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative

• World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

• La Leche League Canada
  
  
• La Leche League International
  
  
• Midwives Online

• Breastfeeding.com

   

• Provincial Coordinating Committee for the Implementation of Baby-Friendly in Manitoba [more info coming soon]
  
  
• Baby-Friendly Co-ordinating Committee Membership [coming soon]
  
  
• Manitoba Breastfeeding Hospital Policy Template
  
  
• Manitoba Breastfeeding Strategy
  
  
• Promotional Material:
  "Milk… Your baby’s first food:  Breastfeeding and Infant Formula"

 

• "Breastfeeding Practice Guidelines for the Healthy Term Infant (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority"
  
  
• "How Baby-friendly are Manitoba Hospitals? The Provincial Infant Feeding Study."
  
  
• Assessing the Health of Children in Manitoba: A population-based Study (excerpts)
  
  
• Prenatal Infant Feeding Intent and Perceived Social Support for Breastfeeding in Manitoba First Nations Communities: A Role for Health Care Providers
  
  
• "Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System: Breastfeeding"
  
  
• The Health of Canada’s Children (Third Edition) (excerpts)
  
  
• JAMA Original Contribution: Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT); A Randomized Trial in the Republic of Belarus
  
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk

 

• Baby-Friendly Initiative [PPT]
  
  
• Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding [PPT]
  Internet Explorer Navigation tips:  left-click on the slides to advance; right-click the slides to go back through the presentation.  Click your browser's BACK button to exit.  To view the notes, click FILE>>PRINT>>PRINT WHAT>>NOTES PAGES.

 

• Breastfeeding: Foundation for a Healthy Future (UNICEF)
  
  
• Paving the Way to a Healthier Future (Assiniboine Regional Health Authority)

 

• http://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Facts/Breastfeeding/HMHBBC/index.asp
  This free interactive breastfeeding mini-course provides "need-to-know" information for those who work with pregnant women who are at risk of not breastfeeding. The course will take 1 - 1½ hours to complete.
  
  
• http://www.breastfeedingclinic.com/bfdvd/
  University of British Columbia Department of Family Practice – Dr. Verity Livingstone (family practice physician and lactation consultant), Beth Millar (award winning Breastfeeding Video producer) free short on-line course with videos, case studies. Pre-requisite for the course is www.breastfeedingbasics.org
  
  
• www.anewlife.cipanb.ca
  E-learning prenatal program, launched by the Collectivity ingénieuse de la Péninsule acadienne (CIPA) in June 2006. Consists of eight learning modules on pregnancy and birth including breastfeeding. Also available in French at: www.unenouvellevie.cipanb.ca
  
  
• www.breastfeedingbasics.org
  Free. You are able register your organization and receive a summary of staff completion and evaluation scores. (American content) Pre/Post tests
  
  
• www.breastfeedingtraining.org
  Free. You are able register your organization and receive a summary of staff completion and evaluation scores. (American content – very similar to breastfeedingbasics) Produced by the University of Virginia and Virginia Department of Health, they hope to encourage health care professionals in all specialties to become teachers and supporters of breastfeeding and lactation management. Only post-tests
  
  
• http://www.dhss.mo.gov/breastfeeding/lactation_ed.html
  A free American site with good basic information.
  
  
• www.marchofdimes.com/nursing
  There are some modules that cost about $25. It can be done by independent study or facilitated group study. There are some slides that can be downloaded to power point. 4.3 ceu's are awarded.
  
  
• http://www.health-e-learning.com - L-CERPs available
  An on-line breastfeeding course, Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: An 18 Hour Interdisciplinary Breastfeeding Management Course, published by Jones
  Discount at 2 codes – purchase access codes to the course
  Ind $134          2-9 $99.95                   10-49 $94.95               50-99 $89.95
  23 L-CERPs available. Physicians could get CMEs.  (American content)
  
  
• http://www.babyfriendly.sa.gov.au/
  The e-learning program has been designed to meet Step 2 of the educational requirements for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Baby Friendly Community Initiative. The e-learning program is structured to meet the educational requirement of 8 hours of BFHI accreditation.
  The cost of the program is $45 per person (plus GST), or a discounted cost of $35 per person (plus GST) for groups of 50 or more. 8 IBLC Cerps, Australian College of Midwives (ACMI) Inc. professional development points for lactation consultants and midwives. GP's may individually apply for QA&CPD Category 2 points. (4 videos required to have beforehand.)