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Project Contact: Beth
Holloway
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Phone: (229) 386-7416 or (404) 657-2884 |
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E-mail: bholloway@dhr.state.ga.us
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Target:
Statewide
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Mobilizing Staff: |
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Assure availability of breastfeeding resources in each WIC agency |
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Provide orientation to each local agency on Loving
Support™ and
other breastfeeding
coalitions and initiatives |
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Encourage and assist WIC staff in their efforts for additional
training in breastfeeding management,
including those planning to
become board
certified lactation consultants
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Client/Family: |
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Assure WIC clients have access to various breastfeeding information
and education tools, such as "Fathers
Supporting Breastfeeding" and
"Breastfeeding,
Another Way of Saying 'I Love You'"
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Public Awareness: |
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Collaborate to promote the Breastfeeding Help Line for Healthy
Mothers, Healthy Babies of Georgia as
a resource for WIC mothers
and families |
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Highlight Loving Support™ activities along with
other breastfeeding
activities for World Breastfeeding
Week
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Health Providers: |
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Work through the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics to provide breastfeeding information
and education to
physicians throughout the State |
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Develop breastfeeding education modules targeted to physicians |
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Complete and distribute a Georgia breastfeeding resource guide
for
physicians and their patients |
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Provide "Medications in Mother's Milk" by Thomas Hale
and the LLLI
"Breastfeeding Answer
Book" to physicians' offices in target site
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Community: |
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Promote the creation of breastfeeding coalitions throughout
the State |
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Provide special recognition for breastfeeding friendly worksites |
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Facilitate round table discussions with the African American
community to understand breastfeeding barriers
unique to this group |
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Examine how WIC and community partners can work together to
support mothers during the early post partum
period |
