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NEWS
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| Board of Directors Election Results
Congratulations to the newly-elected members of ILCA's Board of Directors. Kathy Parkes returns as Treasurer. Isabelle Coté is the new Director of External Affairs, and Diana West is the new Director of Professional Development. Plan on welcoming each of these new Directors at the ILCA-USLCA Conference in July, when they take office. Read more about them.
IBLCE Scope of Practice
In May 2008, the IBLCE Board released an updated Scope of Practice for IBCLCs. ILCA members wishing to make comments on this document may post to our online Discussion Board. Read a commentary on the Scope of Practice by James Balija, IBLCE Executive Director.
May 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 May, 2008 issue at
http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/vol24/issue2/?etoc
World Breastfeeding Week 2008
Mother Support: Going for the Gold
Breastfeeding has long been referred to as "the gold standard," that by which all else is to be measured. Think of all the mothers you have helped "go for the gold" and all the different kinds of support mothers need to reach their goals–from their healthcare providers, from their family, from their employer, from the community, from the government, and especially from YOU! This year's ILCA World Breastfeeding Week kit will focus on the role we all play in helping mothers and babies "go for the gold." The ILCA bookstore will have many new promotional items with this year's theme to help make your outreach educational as well as memorable! A Listserv will be sent to all ILCA members announcing when the Kit and promotional items are ready for purchase. Contact Kendall Cox, the WBW Coordinator ( kendallcox@ilca.org) with questions or ideas.
When mothers and babies breastfeed, everyone wins!
IBCLC Day 2008: Quality Breastfeeding Care in Action
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| Caption: Who is this with IBCLC Val Finigan? Visit the IBCLC Day photo gallery for the rest of the story! |
Visit the ILCA website to view photos submitted by IBCLCs from around the world. Here is a sneak preview of this year's photo gallery.
Inspiring Strategic Planning Meeting
by Becky Mannel
President, ILCA Board of Directors
As your ILCA President, I am pleased to report that the 2-day strategic planning meeting recently held prior to our April board meeting was a huge success. For the first time we brought in outside participants along with the board of directors in hopes of having a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives at the table. For this organization to continue to lead our profession, we need a powerful, active vision that challenges us to take action. We need a plan that we can get excited about! [more]
Call For Pictures!
ILCA is seeking pictures from members across the globe of mothers, babies, and members of all ethnicities to draw from when we print new brochures, website banners, etc. Of particular interest would be pictures of lactation consultants instructing mothers, pictures that somehow depict research being done in the area of breastfeeding, babies in NICU being breastfed, and anything that would portray leadership and/or advocacy for breastfeeding.
If you have any pictures that meet the following specifications, please submit them to info@ilca.org along with a signed photo release form anyone who is clearly depicted in the picture. Photos should be submitted at the largest possible size, preferably 8” x 10” or larger, as TIFF or JPEG with a resolution of 300 dpi or greater.
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| MEMBERS IN THE NEWS |
ILCA Partner Program Spotlight: Wisconsin, USA Teams Up With Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants (WALC) celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2007. For 2008, WALC is Partnering with Judy Norman at the Myungsung Christian Medical Center in Addis Ababa. [more]
There are currently several people on the waiting list to be partnered. If you (or your group or your co-workers) are interested in partnering with someone, please contact the ILCA office at info@ilca.org.
Anne Merewood Named Chair of Research Committee
The ILCA Research Committee recently named Anne Merewood as its Chair. Anne succeeds Joan Dodgson. Thank you to Joan for her work as Chair and to Anne and all of the committee members for their service to ILCA.
My Trip to the Dominican Republic
Jean Kouba RN IBCLC, Canada
In Aguas Negras, I set up a makeshift breastfeeding clinic. With the aid of a paper flip chart and my flawed Spanish we were able to get into quite a dialogue and I presented breastmilk as a 'medicine' for the baby, as illness and infant death is the main concern for these mothers. [more]
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| IN MEMORIAM |
David Wilson-Clay
By Kay Hoover
David Wilson-Clay, husband of Barbara Wilson-Clay, died on April 17, 2008. He had been battling liver disease for four years, but it was an overwhelming infection that killed him. David believed in the work we do as lactation consultants to make a difference in families' lives. [more]
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| NEWS TO USE |
Clinical Questions?
Members are encouraged to pose questions about clinical practice on ILCA's Members Only Discussion Board. ILCA's Education Coordinator will monitor the discussions regularly so that answers can be posted in a timely fashion. A question about MRSA was recently posted under “IBCLCs in the NICU” – check out the response!
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| RESEARCH REVIEW |
Short duration of skin-to-skin contact: Effects on growth and breastfeeding
Boo, N-Y, & Jamli, F.M.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2007, 43:831-836.
Reviewed by Pamela Hill, PhD, RN, CBE, FAAN, ILCA Research Committee
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is defined as continuous skin-to-skin contact (STSC) between a mother and her newborn low-birthweight infant (< 2500g). A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted in Malaysia to compare weight gain and head growth in very-low-birthweight (<1501g) infants with or without exposure to short duration of STSC during their stay in the NICU. The median duration of STSC was 1.0 hour/day and a mean total duration of 11.3 hours (SD = 5.9). [more]
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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:
Bioactive Components of Milk (AEMB vol 606). Zsuzsanna Bösze, Editor. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB), Vol. 606. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2008.
Eat Well, Lose Weight, While Breastfeeding (revised edition). Eileen Behan, RD. Ballantine Books, 2006.
Pocket Guide for Lactation Management. Karin Cadwell, PhD, IBCLC and Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, IBCLC. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008.
Website:
Understanding Evidence-based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action. Kay Dickersin & Musa Mayer. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2008. URL: http://distance.jhsph.edu/trams
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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| VOLUNTEERS |
Free CERPs!
Reviewers and timers are needed for producing ILCA study modules. Each new module is reviewed for accuracy by 2 IBCLCs and timed by 5 other IBCLCs to determine the number of CERPs. All timers and reviewers receive free CERPs for each module they help with during the production of the module. If you have time available to help with ILCA's study modules and would like FREE CERPs, please complete a volunteer application and send it to ILCA's Education Coordinator at education@ilca.org
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May 15
Early Bird deadline for 2008 Conference in Las Vegas
June 1
Deadline to reserve meeting room for Las Vegas conference
Deadline to cancel Las Vegas Conference registration for full refund less
US$75 processing fee
June 30
EORO deadline
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| ILCA CONFERENCE |
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Conference Plans for 2008
VELB-ILCA Conference
October 1-3, 2008 at the Austria Center, Vienna, Austria.
Register very soon to save 15% on your registration before May 5 th: https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/
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One, two three in Vienna
Some members are already attending dancing classes so that they can enjoy some Viennese waltzes on the blue Danube on Thursday evening October 2 nd. This should be a very special evening, even if your 'special other' is not with you. Remember to add this wonderful outing to your registration.
Sprechen Sie Deutch?
Do you speak German? For those planning to attend the ILCA/VELB conference in Vienna, some German language skills will definitely enhance your travel experience. Start now and maximize your time by using the state-of-the-art language learning technology offered by world-renowned ROSETTA STONE through a partnership with ILCA. ILCA receives a 15% commission for any Rosetta Stone purchases made through our website. Go to http://www.ilca.org/rosettastone.html to read more and begin learning German or one of many other languages today!
ILCA-USLCA Conference
July 23-27 at the Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas
There are still a few days to save 15% a with an early bird registration before May 15th: http://www.ilca.org/conf2008registration.html
If your committee, affiliate, working group, or others wish to reserve a meeting room during the conference, please contact the ILCA Office by June 1. Committee chairs who wish to obtain CERPs for their meetings must send 1-2 learning objectives and a brief agenda or outline by June 1 to ILCA's Education Coordinator at education@ilca.org.
Many special events and speakers are being prepared for participants:
Wednesday Morning: Gender Workshop
What is gender? Join Chris Mulford to explore this issue using materials developed by the WABA Gender Working Group. The main focus of this streamlined workshop is to discuss ways that lactation consultants can assess a client's situation from a gender viewpoint. Gender assessment will affect recommendations and ensure a more gender-sensitive plan of care. Learn more.
Wednesday: Clinical Skills Rotation
Again, the pre-conference day provides intense small group work on building and exploring specific clinical skills in lactation consultancy:
- Position and Latch: The technical aspects
- Supplementing the Breastfed Infant: Cups, supplementers, finger feeding or bottles?
- Weight Scales and Growth Charts: What do they really tell you?
- Nipple Shields and Breast Pump Flanges: How and who do you fit?
- Live Consultations: Observe an experienced IBCLC consulting with a mother and baby.
Attendees will rotate among all the skills stations. For a full description, read on [more]
Wednesday Evening: Education Forum
Educators, students, and others interested in lactation education are invited to attend ILCA's Education Forum from 8-9 pm. Join others to discuss pressing issues related to education such as obtaining clinical practice, formal clinical internships, university-based programs and more! If you have an issue you would like addressed at the forum, please email your suggestion to education@ilca.org.
Friday Morning: Oral Presentations
Oral Research Presentations have been selected for Concurrent Sessions C and D. Register for these short and exciting glimpses into research by your colleagues. To see the complete list, read on. [more]
Friday Evening: Talent Show Cancelled
Due to requests for more free time the Talent Show originally planned for Friday evening has been cancelled. This frees your time to network with colleagues or enjoy one of the many forms of entertainment at the Red Rock resort or the Las Vegas strip.
Sunday Plenary: Human milk as a source of putative stem cells Among our eminent invited speakers is Dr Mark Cregan BSc, PhD. He and his colleagues have been able to identify multipotent stem cells in human milk.
Other presenters Sunday morning will be Dr Julie Smith BEc, BA, PhD, speaking on the economic value of human milk; Paula Meier RN, DNsc, FAAN, speaking about the evidence supporting the use of human milk for VLWB; Baby-led breastfeeding with Dr Chritina Smillie, MD, FABM, IBCLC; and a motivational closing by Barbara Wilson Clay BSEd, IBCLC.
Sunday Afternoon: Prepare for IBLCE Examination or a Hometown Emergency
We are very pleased to add Kay Hoover with her wealth of knowledge and wonderful slides, to the presentation team on Sunday afternoon, July 27 th, for ILCA's free workshop for candidates who are sitting for the IBLCE exam on Monday 28th. Kay joins Judi Lauwers who will work through some exam preparation with you, and Doraine Bailey who will help you to relax with simple yoga.
If you are not sitting the exam on Monday, you may like spend your Sunday afternoon learning the special role you can play helping in an emergency from Cathy Carothers, Kendall Cox and Cris Glick, MD, who has joined their presentation.
Register for either of these free offerings with the rest of your conference registration.
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| BOOKSTORE |
Case Studies in Breastfeeding: Problem Solving Skills and Strategies
By Karin Cadwell, PhD, RN, IBCLC and Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, IBCLC
This new text combines logic, wisdom, and theory in order to develop a consultative framework and present illustrative case studies designed to increase the practitioner's knowledge about managing complex breastfeeding cases. It includes tables and charts as well as color prints.
A review of this text appeared in the Journal of Human Lactation, May 2004.
Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding: Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum
By Mary Kroeger with Linda Smith
This is an essential resource for all who work with mothers and newborns. It spans both developed and developing country settings and thus is also written for global policy setters with the goal of keeping childbirth as natural as possible, ensuring that both mother and newborn are ready to optimally breastfeed.
This text was the winner of the ACNM (American College of Nurse-Midwives) Book of the Year Award 2003! A review of this text appeared in the Journal of Human Lactation, February 2004.
Breastfeeding A-Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage
By Karin Cadwell and Cynthia Turner-Maffei (2006)
Answering breastfeeding questions on the telephone is a complex process. Telephone Triage for Breastfeeding provides lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, and nutritionists with evidence-based information on breastfeeding issues that may present as telephone calls. This succinct reference covers the triage guides for common problems such as breast pain, engorgement, concerns about milk supply, and also contains an encyclopedia of terms relevant to breastfeeding in both plain language and in medical terminology. The key words direct further questions and provide the support person with information in order to clarify the situation and decide the appropriate urgency and disposition of the case.
A review of this book is posted in the Members Only section of the ILCA website. After logging in, ILCA members may view all of our print and multimedia reviews, located in the Education Materials section of our website. The review for this book appears under February 2007
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| TELL US YOUR STORIES! |
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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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