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Project Contact: Gail
Lombardi
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Phone: (207) 287-5341 |
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E-mail: Gail.Lombardi@Maine.gov |
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Target:
Somerset and Kennebee Counties
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Mobilizing Staff:
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Provide local pharmacists with Thomas Hale's "Medications
and Mother's Milk" |
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Breastfeeding learning "fair" with local WIC staff
to disseminate basic breastfeeding information |
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Best-Start "3-Step counseling" training for staff
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Client/Family: |
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Development of a laminated breastfeeding "scrapbook"
with client and family photos and stories
for waiting rooms |
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Early postpartum follow-up referral system
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Public Awareness: |
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Comprehensive Loving Support™ public awareness
campaign - Governor's wife as
spokesperson |
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Posters of Maine residents who were breastfed |
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Recognition awards for businesses, community groups, families
and breastfeeding advocates who have
done something special to support breastfeeding
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Health Providers: |
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Survey of "Best Practices" policies at local hospitals |
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"On a roll" recognition program of supportive providers |
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Breastfeeding information in local hospital newsletters |
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Breastfeeding Speakers Bureau
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Community: |
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Promotion of support programs for working moms at worksites
and child care centers |
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Breastfeeding loop video for community health centers, clinics,
hospital waiting rooms and Wal-Mart |
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Breastfeeding stations at county fairs |
