Developing Leaders in Lactation
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The University of California, Davis, is known worldwide as one of the premier research institutions in infant feeding and human lactation. Our affiliated faculty include Kathryn Dewey, PhD; Laurie Rivers, MS, RD; and Carolyn Chantry, MD. Let us be the source you turn to for the unbiased, research-based information you need.

All-in-One Training Kits Make Training Easy!
In today's busy world, you don't have time to create the professional presentations that you need to effectively teach others in your community. The UC Davis Human Lactation Center staff has created innovative All-in-One Kits that include everything you need to provide unbiased, evidence-based continuing education to a range of participants, from peer counselors to medical providers. Take a look at our growing library of original topics, including some that will challenge how you approach your work.

We also have just what you need to fit in those much-needed trainings for even the busiest health care provider. Our 20-Minute Training Kits come complete with 3 modules, each only 20 minutes long. If you've had problems getting nurses or doctors to attend your trainings, try one of our kits—quick, objective, research-based topics might be just what they're looking for!

Current All-in-One Training Kits
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Each kit contains PowerPoint slides with printed note pages on CD, materials and instructions for class activities, handouts of slides for participants, references, and evaluations. No need to reinvent the wheel, no need to waste time and money. Let the UC Davis Human Lactation Center do the work for you. ($74 each)    (top)

Titles include:

• Weight Loss Diets and Exercise during Lactation: What Health Professionals Need to Know     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 50 minutes
  • Format: Didactic with 2 case studies
  • Topics covered: Obesity concerns, review of the literature related to postpartum dieting and exercise and their effect on lactation outcomes
  • Purpose: To assist practitioners to counsel mothers interested in dietary restriction or exercise during lactation
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, nurses, dietitians, physicians
• Screening Mothers for Referrals to Lactation Consultants: A Guide for Public Health Staff and Peer Counselors   Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 2.5 hours
  • Format: Didactic with 3 interactive activities
    
  • Topics covered: Common problems faced by breastfeeding women and infants in the early postpartum period, specific tools and tips to recognize when a mother needs to be referred to a lactation or medical professional, referral procedures
    
  • Purpose: To empower front line personnel to recognize their scope of practice and gain familiarity and competence in screening and referral
    
  • Best suited for: peer counselors, front line staff, screening personnel
• Screening Mothers for Referrals to Lactation Consultants: A Guide for Nursing Professionals     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 50 minutes
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, registered nurses, public health nurses    (top)
• Vitamin D Supplementation of the Breastfed Infant     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 1 h
  • Format: Didactic with 2 case studies
  • Topics covered: Structure and physiology of vitamin D, overview of rickets, actions of vitamin and its association with sunlight exposure, AAP recommendations regarding sunlight exposure for infants, vitamin D content of breast milk, historical and current AAP recommendations for vitamin D consumption, theoretical risks for vitamin D supplementation, costs of supplementation, current studies of compliance with recommendations
  • Purpose: Provide theoretical basis and evidence for vitamin D recommendations for breastfed infants, describe issues with compliance from a public health perspective
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, nurses, dietitians, physicians, public health personnel
• No Cry for Help: Why Breastfeeding Support Services Might Not Be Utilized     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 50 min
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, nurses, dietitians, physicians, public health personnel
• No Cry for Help: Empowering Women in Counseling and Education Settings     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 2 h (with interactive activities)
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, registered nurses, public health nurses, public health personnel
• Biomonitoring for Contaminants Human Milk: Will What We Know Hurt Us? (Coming December 2004)     Order Form
  • Length: Approximately 50 min
  • Best suited for: lactation consultants, nurses, dietitians, physicians, public health personnel     (top)

20-Minute Trainings (out of stock; production pending)
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Don't let time be a barrier to evidence-based training! The UC Davis Human Lactation Center has developed a series of 20-minute trainings perfect for short meetings and lunchtime settings. Offer one training at a time, or group them as needed to provide the length of training you need for any situation. ($74/set)

Each training set includes the following 3 titles:

• Weighing the Evidence: A Review of Latch Assessments
• Weighing the Evidence: Does Pacifier Use Threaten Successful Breastfeeding?
• Weighing the Evidence: Estimating Risk for Early Termination of Breastfeeding      (top)