Calendar
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2006
October 15
Deadline for 2007
ILCA Conference speaker proposals
October
1
ILCA membership
renewals begin for 2007
October
19
IBCLC exam results
day
October
27-29
ILCA Board
of Directors Meeting in San Diego, California, USA
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ILCA
Bookstore |
September
Selections from the Bookstore!
World
Breastfeeding Week Kits
World Breastfeeding Week kits are still available for October
WBW celebrations.
World
Breastfeeding Week Promotional Items
Highlighter:
This bright pink highlighter is a great tool to give
all your health professional colleagues. Imprinted with the
words "Highlighting the Code: Protect Breastfeeding!"
it is a useful reminder of our role in providing support to
new mothers. The highlighter is retractable, so it is easy
to use with one hand - there is no cap to keep track of!
Poster
(English
and Spanish):
These colorful 11"x17" (28cm x 43cm) posters can be
used year-round. Buy several to display and spread the message
about protecting breastfeeding! Available in English and Spanish.
Baby Crib Cards
Encourage
your hospital to discontinue using crib
cards provided by infant formula companies, and replace
them with ILCA's colorful new cards that promote breastfeeding.
Each package contains 100 cards: 50 each for boys and girls.
[more]
Best
Practice for Expressing, Storing and Handling Human Milk
The Human
Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA)'s
recently revised Best
Practice for Expressing, Storing and Handling Human Milk,
priced at $41.00 plus shipping.
2006
ILCA Conference Syllabi:
Clinical
Day ($8.00)
Professional
Development Day ($9.00)
Main Conference syllabus is sold out.
Syllabi
are also available for the 2004 and 2005 conference, as well
as selected prior years.
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Practice
Notes |
| Authors
of Research Article on Hyperlactation invite Dialogue
Authors
of an article on hyperlactation, who include Suzanne Hetzel
Campbell, a past member of ILCA's Research Committee
and present ILCA Board member, invite dialogue on their findings.
[more]
Breastfeeding
Handouts – Clarification on Permission to Use
The high
quality handouts for new mothers on the website of the Massachusetts
Breastfeeding Coalition in the U.S. http://www.massbfc.org/parents/
can be freely downloaded with no need for permissions as
long as they are not changed in any way. Anyone who
wants to put their own logo or their own contact information
on the handouts needs to ask permission. Posters can be ordered
from www.cafepress.com/massbfc.
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Education |
Two
Lactation Education Courses Accredited
Two courses
were recently accredited by the International Lactation Education
Accreditation Council (ILEAC). Breastfeeding and Human Lactation,
an online course sponsored by Wichita State University in
Kansas, USA, was accredited in March, 2006. In May, the Council
accredited BreastEd Series, an online program sponsored by
Health e-Learning in Queensland, Australia. ILCA congratulates
these two courses which are accredited for three years. Information
about the courses is in the Directory
of Course Providers. [more]
Share
Your Consent Forms
ILCA's
Professional Development Committee is seeking samples of forms
used in clinical practice to post on the ILCA web site as
a resource for members. [more]
Share
Your Teaching Tips
Do you
have creative teaching strategies that you use in classes
for parents or staff? Do you use techniques when teaching
mothers one-on-one that are especially effective?
ILCA's
Professional Development Committee invites you to share your
teaching tips so that colleagues may enhance their own interactions
and teaching effectiveness. Tips
from Kay Hoover are already posted on the ILCA website
. Please email your tips to ILCA Education Coordinator, Judi
Lauwers, at judilauwers@ilca.org.
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ILCA
Advocacy |
ILCA
Attends WABA Conference in Toronto, Canada
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| Sallie
Page-Goertz represented ILCA at WABA conference in Toronto,
Canada |
ILCA's
Liaison to the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, Sallie
Page-Goertz, represented
ILCA at a conference co-sponsored by WABA and York University
of Toronto, Canada on Gender, Child Survival & HIV/AIDS:
From Evidence to Policy. The meeting brought breastfeeding
advocates, activists for women with HIV, and HIV activists
together in a single forum. [more]
ILCA
attends United States Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium Meeting
Marsha
Walker, RN, IBCLC, ILCA's Liaison to the United
States Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium (BPC), represented
ILCA at the August 2006 meeting attended by more than 40 member
organizations. Read the following highlights from her report.
[more]
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| In
The News |
Second
Credential Debate Continues
The IBLCE Board will be meeting on September 16-17,
2006; there is still time for you to share your views directly
with IBLCE www.iblce.org
and with your colleagues on ILCA's Discussion Board at
www.ilca.org . IBCLCs from
around the world are weighing in on IBLCE's exploration of
a second credential for breastfeeding support workers. The
ILCA Board and staff have also received your individual e-mails
on the issue at info@ilca.org.
Keep them coming - the ILCA Board will be meeting on October
27 to 29 in San Diego, California, USA and wants your input.
Meet
incoming ILCA Board Members
Welcome to
Suzanne Hetzel Campbell (Director at Large)
and Donna Ron (Director of Membership and Affiliate
Services) who joined the ILCA Board at the 2006 Board meeting
in Philadelphia in July. Click here
to read their profiles, and those of other Board members and
ILCA staff.
ILCA's Sister Program needs Sponsors
ILCA's
Sister Program enables current members to sponsor individuals
or affiliate groups who may not be able to afford ILCA membership
due to hardships from social, economic, or political circumstances.
We invite
you to participate in the Sister Program, either as individual
members or as an ILCA Affiliate. Help to widen the circle
of International Board Certified Lactation Consultants who
can help to strengthen our profession, and who can benefit
from being a member of ILCA. [more]
ILCA
eGlobe Editor Call for Applicants
Applications
are invited for the position of ILCA eGlobe editor. If you
have strong writing and editing experience, please read the
detailed job
description and send your application to Jim Smith, Executive
Director of ILCA at jimsmith@ilca.org,
ILCA thanks
retiring eGlobe Editor Beverley Rae for her
service as the Globe and eGlobe Editor since 2003. Beverley
was responsible for updating the original, periodically mailed
paper Globe to a colorful PDF edition emailed four times a
year, and then for creating the present monthly electronic
newsletter. These innovations saved ILCA the considerable
cost of postage worldwide, while keeping members informed
on a much more regular and immediate basis. Beverley committed
an immeasurable amount of time to compiling and editing articles
that would be of interest to ILCA members. Thank you Beverley
for your dedication to ILCA!
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Conferences |
| 2007
ILCA Conference in San Diego, California USA
The 2007
ILCA conference, Controversies in Lactation will
be held from August 15-19, 2007 at the Town
& Country Resort & Convention Center
in San Diego, California, USA.
Call
for Proposals
The
success of ILCA's annual conference depends on lactation professionals
like you! The proposal site for 2007 conference sessions will
be open from September 15 to October 15, 2006. The 2007 Speaker
Guidelines will be posted before the sites opens. For reference,
Speaker Guidelines from the 2006 conference appear below.
2006
Speaker guidelines
Please contact Susan Hatcher at swhatche@sentara.com
if you have any questions about the 2007 conference program.
Awards
Announced at 2006 ILCA Conference
Research
and Project Poster Presentation Awards [more]
2006
ILCA Research Grant Award
The winner
of the 2006 Research Grant Award was Jayne R. Charlamb, MD,
IBCLC, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology,and
Medicine, Breast Care Center, SUNY Upstate Medical University,
Syracuse, New York, US. The title of her work is "Staphylococcus
aureus Carrier Status in Breastfeeding Mothers and
Infants and the Risk of Lactation Mastitis: A Large Prospective
Study".
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| Dr
Mohammad Ilyas Khan is pictured with Jean Cotterman as
she demonstrates the reverse pressure technique. |
Eli
Hormann Memorial Scholarship Recipients for 2006
- Dr.
Mohammad Ilyas Khan, Doha, Qatar
- Dr.
Ijadunola Macellina Yinyinade, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
One
General Scholarship for hardship was awarded to assist
an ILCA member to attend the ILCA conference. This year's
award went to a long standing, active ILCA member.
“Above
and Beyond” Recognition
Maryse Lehners Arendt, Itzig, Luxembourg
Jeanne Hagreen, British Columbia, Canada
Winner
of the 2006 Each One Reach One Membership Campaign
Mary Beth Haas, Pennsylvania, USA
Journal
of Human Lactation Reader's Choice Award for 2005
November
2005 - The Use of Ultrasound to Characterize Milk Ejection
in Women Using an Electric Breast Pump by Donna T. Ramsay,
Postgrad Dip(Sci), DMU, PhD, Leon R. Mitoulas, PhD, Jacqueline
C. Kent, PhD, Michael Larsson, MBA, and Peter E. Hartmann,
BSc (Rural Sci), PhD
February
2005 - Comparison of Milk Output Between Mothers of Preterm
and Term Infants: The First 6 Weeks After Birth by Pamela
D. Hill, PhD, RN, CBE, FAAN, Jean C. Aldag, PhD, RN, Robert
T. Chatterton, PhD, and Micheal Zinaman, MD
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| Research |
| Research
Grants
ILCA awards
competitive small grants to members who submit proposals with
scientific merit. Grant applications are due April 1 of each
year. If you need more information after reading the grant
application on the Research
page of the ILCA website, contact Research Committee Chair,
Joan Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC at dodgson@hawaii.edu.
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| Volunteer
Opportunities |
Marketing
Committee Chair and Committee Members
ILCA seeks
a chair for the Marketing Committee, and has positions open
for committee members. Marketing the lactation consultancy
profession is a significant priority for ILCA in the coming
year, and ILCA's Marketing Committee will be taking
an active role in providing guidance and recommendations.
The ILCA
Board expresses thanks for this past year of service from
the outgoing chair of the Marketing Committee, Mary
Kay Smith, who brought great enthusiasm and creativity
to the position. ILCA wishes her well in her continued service
to the lactation community.[more]
Professional
Development Committee and International Lactation Education
Accreditation Council
New members
are needed for the
Professional Development Committee and for the International
Lactation Education Accreditation Council (ILEAC).
[more]
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| Correction |
A
report in the August 2006 eGlobe on the ILCA Board of Directors'
Second Credential Issues Forum at the 2006 ILCA conference
incorrectly quoted Linda Smith, a former ILCA board member,
who gave a short presentation about the history of ILCA and
the IBCLC credential.
Linda
stated that "ILCA made the decision to endorse
the IBCLC credential”, NOT as reported
that ILCA decided to "support one IBCLC credential only."
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