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PA AAP Let's Talk Breastfeeding: Safe Sleep & Breastfeeding

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: 1.25

Target Audience:

This training is primarily directed to Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physician Assistants and other clinical staff.

Educational Objectives:

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

  • Describe the updates to the 2022 safe sleep recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Recognize factors thought to contribute to the protective effect of breast feeding on decreasing the incidence of SIDS.
  • List strategies for discussing with families the potential conflicts between breastfeeding and practicing infant safe sleep.

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Authors:
Course Director: Eileen Tyrala, MD — Pediatrician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Jefferson Health-Abington Hospital and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
No planners, 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 to disclose.
Planning Committee Member: Erich Batra, MD, FAAP, FACP — Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Practitioner at the Penn State Medical Group
No planners, 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 to disclose.
Planning Committee Member: Jennifer Zarit, MD, FAAP, IBCLC — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
No planners, 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 to disclose.
Planning Committee Member: Michael Goodstein, MD, FAAP — Neonatologist and General Pediatrics Practitioner
No planners, 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 to disclose.
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.

In support of improving patient care, 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 School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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.

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