Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

This training is primarily directed to Primary Care Physicians, office staff and hospital staff.

Educational Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation you should be able to:

Describe the current state of breastfeeding in the US.
Recognize misconceptions by health professionals that create barriers to breastfeeding.
Develop office, hospital, and workplace policies to support breastfeeding.
Provide anticipatory guidance to support mothers to successfully breastfeed.
Assist women with breastfeeding problems, and help them utilize community resources.

Joint Sponsor and Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:

BEVERLY ANN CURTIS, DNP, PPCNP-BC, IBCLC —
Beverly Ann Curtis is employed as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Keystone Pediatrics, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. She has practiced in general pediatrics and in breastfeeding medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Curtis has also served on numerous local and national boards including Chair of the Board of Directors of the United States Breastfeeding Committee. She has worked in many clinical settings developing breastfeeding evidence-based systems of care for families and their infants.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Debra L Bogen, MD — Director of the Allegheny County Health Department. Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.