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Lactation After Infant Loss: The Role of Lactation in the Social, Emotional, and Physical Dimensions of Grieving Infant Death by Facilitating and Companioning the Mother's Identity as a Parent

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Lactation After Infant Loss: The Role of Lactation in the Social, Emotional, and Physical Dimensions of Grieving Infant Death by Facilitating and Companioning the Mother's Identity as a Parent

Location

Online Course
MAHEC
Asheville, NC 28803

Dates & Times

Nov 22, 2024 1:00 AM – Nov 21, 2026 1:00 AM

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Infant loss is a growing public health tragedy impacting mothers every 16 minutes across America. Families face complex grief, trauma, stigma, and the physical challenges of the fourth trimester without an infant. Relieving the pain of lactation challenges can be one of the first compassionate support services grieving parents receive, setting the pace for their grief journey, learning to facilitate companioning using evidenced-based strategies and shared decision-making steps in supporting lactation after infant death.

Hot Topics in Breastfeeding is a lactation education series for local WIC agencies, health departments, hospitals and healthcare professionals offered via Webex once a quarter. Each session will focus on a topic related to lactation management and care of the breastfeeding dyad. This series receives funding and is hosted by the Region I WIC LATCH (Lactation Area Training Center for Health) and will feature guest speakers on assorted topics related to lactation. Every October is recognized as Infant Loss Awareness month.

Audience

Healthcare Professionals, Health Department Staff, Nurses, Nutritionists, Social Workers

Objectives

At the end of the presentation, the learner will be able to:

check Companion at a time of infant death
check Facilitate shared decision-making for the family experiencing infant loss
check Describe the impact of infant death on lactating people
check Assist the parent to find purpose through milk donation

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Free, training is offered through the Region 1 WIC LATCH (Lactation Area Training Center for Health)

FREE

Available Credits

CEU .200

The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.2 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

Contact Hours 1.500

MAHEC designates this online continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Nursing Contact Hours 1.500

Participants must attend the entire activity to receive credit.

1.5 Nursing Contact Hours Activity # AP 0008-2448

Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Speakers

Katherine Hyde-Hensley, PsyD, LCMHC, PMH-C, LCAS

Sessions

Lactation After Infant Loss: The role of lactation in the social, emotional, and physical dimensions of grieving Infant death by facilitating and companioning the birther's identity as a parent

11/11 1:00 AM – 1:00 AM

Additional Resources

Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than two weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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