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NEWS
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| IBCLC Day March 5, 2008
Quality Breastfeeding Care: IBCLCs in Action
Check out the ILCA website for all of your IBCLC Day resources:
- Research link! In celebration of IBCLC Day, ILCA has arranged free
access to the 2006 JHL article of the year "Staffing for Hospital Lactation
Programs: Recommendations for a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital"
- Downloadable materials including press releases, certificates, a
proclamation, and promotional flyers
- Celebration ideas
- New promotional items including sticky notes and luggage tags -- perfect for IBCLC Day and every day!
- Make a donation to the ILCA Scholarship Fund in honor of a collegue.
- Share your photos of IBCLCs in action – send your photo and a caption to kendallcox@ilca.org by February 15 thand you can be part of an IBCLC Day 2008 slideshow.
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Purchase an IBCLC Lapel Pin for yourself or a colleague and wear it proudly! IBCLC Pin purchases help support MILCC (Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification) to provide Exam scholarships.
Final Call for Group Memberships
Know any colleagues regretting they did not join ILCA or renew their membership before January 1st? Looking for a special gift for IBCLC Day? There's still time to receive a discounted membership through our Group Membership application. Three individuals joining as a group receive 10% off. For more information, visit the ILCA website. Deadline is February 29, 2008.
ILCA 2008 Elections Begin February 15
Elections will begin later this month for three open positions on the ILCA Board of Directors. Ballots may be completed both on-line and by mail. Look for a separate listserv (e-mail) with a link to the on-line ballot and information about the exemplary slate of candidates. Successful candidates will be announced in May and the new directors will be installed at the Annual General Meeting at the ILCA Conference in July.
February JHL in Your Mailbox AND On-line
Access each issue of the Journal of Human Lactation on-line through the Members Only side of the ILCA website. All articles and commentaries can be downloaded by members as free PDF files. You can view the table of contents for the February, 2008 issue at
http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/vol24/issue1/?etoc
UNBAT: United Nations Breastfeeding Advocacy Team
Another profile of the liaisons representing ILCA
UNBAT is a group of representatives of breastfeeding advocacy organizations who attend meetings at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York, USA. Organizations represented are the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABA), International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), La Leche League International (LLLI) and the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). Current volunteer members include: For ABM, Dr Julia Bloch, Dr Miriam Labbok; for ILCA, Margot Mann, Kim Block, Susan Burger and Angela Smith (ILCA); For LLLI, Judy LeVan Fram, Kate Sharp, Ginger Sall, Rebecca Maghalese; and for WABA, Beth Styer, Chris Mulford and Susan Siew (WABA). Margot Mann is lead liaison for ILCA.
Read their statement to the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children.
[more]
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| NEWS TO USE
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Care and Management of the Late Preterm Infant Toolkit Now Available from CPQCC
The California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC) has released their newest toolkit for perinatal care. This toolkit is designed to help the NICU and hospital care team assess current nutritional practices and outcomes, and to promote and support breastmilk for all infants as part of optimal nutritional management. It may be downloaded at www.cpqcc.org/LPT.htm. Learn more about CPQCC from Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP [more]
World Breastfeeding Week Photography Contest
WABA is organising a global breastfeeding photography contest for WBW 2008, Mother Support: Going for the Gold. Photos should tell a story illustrating support for breastfeeding and should reflect global diversity, various ages of breastfed infants and children, and various locales. Ten winning photos will be selected, and contributors will be awarded US$100 for each published photo.
Submit your entries by 29 February 2008 to WABA. More details can be found at www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org.
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| MEMBERS IN THE NEWS |
ILCA Membership Committee - IBCLCs Across The Globe
An exciting mix of cultures and geographical diversity characterizes ILCA's Membership Committee. Committee members are Geraldine Cahill, Ingrid Maria Suzanne Nilsson, Judy Norman, Ellen Potts, Shu-Fang Wang, and Board Liaison Roberta Graham de Escobedo. Let's introduce them to you! [more]
All ILCA members are invited to share their ideas on how we can increase ILCA membership worldwide and encourage active participation in ILCA activities. Send your comments to Roberta Graham de Escobedo, Director of Membership and Affiliate Services, at roberta@ilca.com.
Research Committee Announces Another New Member
Donna Chapman, PhD, RD, of the Connecticut Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities in Latinos, USA, is the new Research Committee liaison to the Journal of Human Lactation.
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| VOLUNTEERS |
ILCA Finance Committee: Call for Members
The Finance Committee is charged with overseeing short- and long-term investments, identifying sources of funding for ILCA operations, recruiting and overseeing grant writers, and identifying financial opportunities or concerns to ensure ILCA’s financial stability. If you have accounting experience, grant writing or administering experience, and/or knowledge and experience in investing funds, ILCA has a place for your talents and service. Please visit the Members only area of the ILCA website to read the Terms of Reference and complete the application for membership by March 1, 2008. Questions can be addressed to kathyparkes@ilca.org. We look forward to hearing from you, and putting your talents to good use
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| IN HONOR/IN MEMORY DONATIONS |
ILCA gratefully acknowledges donations made on behalf of the following individuals.
In Memory:
Barbara Ackerman RN, IBCLC
In loving memory of our colleague and friend Barbara Ackerman for her professional mentorship and dedicated support of breastfeeding families, From the Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition.
William F. Brooks Jr.
In Memory of my father, who became "Big Daddy" as a grandfather.
From Elizabeth C. Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Agnes Dworsky, Mother of Terriann Shell, ICCE, IBCLC, RLC
From Elizabeth C. Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Support the work of the International Lactation Consultant Association through an honorary or memorial gift to the Scholarship Fund. For more information, visit the ILCA Website.
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| BOOKSTORE |
IBCLC Day Items
NEW! Sticky Notes
With the words "Quality Breastfeeding Care: IBCLCs in Action" imprinted on each page, these are perfect for IBCLC Day and beyond!
NEW! IBCLC Day luggage tag
At work or on the road, keep up with your belongings with this IBCLC luggage tag!
Other IBCLC Day items are still available at the bookstore: Poster, pen, retractable badgeholder and mylar balloon. See all of these items at the ILCA Bookstore on the website.
Allow 2-3 weeks to receive your order, so place it TODAY!
NEW! Lactation Management: Techniques, Tips and Tools for the Health Care Provider
By Maureen Hoag Dann
This new text is a user friendly manual for the clinical setting. Introductory chapters provide a brief review of evidence supporting the superiority of breastmilk, and a systematic approach for a lactation consult. Chapters are then organized alphabetically by common concerns in the field of lactation. Information is presented in an outline format for easy access, or by frequently asked questions related to the topic. Parent handouts are now on a CD that comes with the book and may be copied for these educational purposes.
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| ILCA CONFERENCE |
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Conference Plans for 2008
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 23-27, 2008
The 2008 conference brochure is coming soon. There will be nearly twenty plenary sessions this year. Among the topics and speakers are:
- Stem cells in breastmilk with Dr Mark Cregan
- Changing national breastfeeding policies with Professor Mary Renfrew
- The economic worth of breastmilk with Dr Julie Smith
- Candida albicans in the breast with Professor Tom Hale
- Working with Gen X and Gen Y mothers with Dianne Powers, BA, IBCLC
Inspired? Learn more at the Conference Page on the ILCA website.
Poster Sessions- Call for abstracts for Las Vegas
Considering a poster or oral presentation of your research at the ILCA Conference in Las Vegas? Abstracts will be accepted until March 1. A few new protocols are being established this year: those desiring to give their presentation orally must indicate this on the application, and abstract submissions for the main conference will not be automatically considered for oral presentations at research sessions. Further details are available on the ILCA website.
2008 IBLCE Examination Site at Red Rock Resort
Conference attendees planning to sit the IBLCE Exam in 2008 may do so at the Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas on Monday July 28 th following the ILCA conference. Merely indicate this as your testing locale on your Exam Application.
On Sunday afternoon (27 th) after the close of the main conference, ILCA is offering a free workshop for examination registrants. You will be given some helpful advice by Judi Lauwers, BA, IBCLC on test taking techniques; yoga stretches by Doraine Bailey, MA, IBCLC, Certified TriYoga Instructor, and some relaxing massage to finish the afternoon. We trust this will leave you confident, rejuvenated and ready for Monday’s exam. Please register for this workshop along with the rest of the conference.
The Austria Center, Vienna, Austria, October 1-3, 2008
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| REVIEWS |
Book and Multimedia Reviews
ILCA members can access reviews on the Members Only page. Click on a title to read the review. All reviews will remain on the website as new ones are added.
Books:
Nonprescription Drugs for the Breastfeeding Mother. Frank J. Nice, RPh, DPA, CRHP. Hale Publishing, 2007.
Pushed: The Painful Truth about Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care. Jennifer Block. Da Capo Press, 2007.
Supporting Sucking Skills in Breastfeeding Infants. Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008.
WHO Child Growth Standards: Head circumference-for-age, arm circumference-for-age, triceps skinfold-for-age and subscapular skinfold-for-age – Methods and development. Mercedes de Onis et al. World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, 2007.
Readers interested in writing reviews of books, CDs, photo/slide collections, videos, DVDs and websites for 2008 issues should contact Nicole Bernshaw, IBCLC, Review Editor.
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| TELL
US YOUR STORIES! |
Did your Affiliate just
host an exciting conference? Have you discovered a
new metaphor for breastfeeding? Did you visit another
country or do something exciting? Share your professional
stories with your colleagues by submitting an article
to eGlobe. Photos and text of about 500 words are
welcome. Send your submission to the eGlobe Editor.
EGlobe is Archived! Sign in
to the Members Only area at www.ilca.org
to see previous issues of the eGlobe!
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