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INTRODUCTION
Let's Talk Breastfeeding: Enhancing Health Equity in Breastfeeding: Exploring Cultural Influences and Opportunities to Increase Breastfeeding Support
QUIZ
EVALUATION
CERTIFICATE
Credit Hours: Nursing 1.00
This training is primarily directed to Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, office staff and hospital staff
At the conclusion of this presentation you should be able to:
- Identify cultural barriers that impact breastfeeding practice and rates.
- Describe strategies for self-awareness regarding daily encounters with clients and breastfeeding individuals
- Apply principles of cultural humility to lactation support practices.
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.
Nursing Credits (CNE): The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 contact hour.
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.
Suggested Additional Reading:
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy Degruy, Ph.D
- How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Big Letdown: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding by Kimberly Seals Allers
- Medical Apartheid- The Dark History of Medical Experiementation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by PA State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This program is awarded 1.0 contact hours.
Sponsored by:
UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Administrator for UPMC PA Nurses Provider Unit
The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.