Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Reproductive Justice | OB/GYN Grand Rounds (RECORDING)

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 12:00 AM - Saturday, July 24, 2027, 11:59 PM, On Demand

In this recorded OB/GYN Grand Rounds presentation, Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine & Co-Director, Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health at UNC School of Medicine Dr. Alison Stuebe discusses breastfeeding, trust feeding, and reproductive justice. In her presentation, Dr. Stuebe covers the health benefits of breastfeeding for both the birthing parent and child, the importance of enabling and supporting breastfeeding within the context of reproductive justice, and strategies for maternity care providers to help patients achieve their infant feeding goals. Dr. Stuebe touches on key points that outline how breastfeeding has significant health benefits, potentially preventing thousands of deaths annually among birthing parents and children if optimal breastfeeding recommendations are met. She also elaborates on how breastfeeding rates differ across socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups, reflecting structural factors and systemic racism that constrain reproductive options. Dr. Stuebe emphasizes that maternity care providers play a crucial role in enabling breastfeeding through evidence-based practices like the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, shared decision-making, and anticipatory guidance. She then reviews numerical data which highlights the potential impact of breastfeeding, such as preventing 2,600 birthing parent deaths and 721 child deaths annually if optimal recommendations are met. The presentation also cites statistics on breastfeeding rates by race/ethnicity and neighborhood poverty levels. Dr. Stuebe concludes by emphasizing the importance of shared decision-making with patients, eliciting their values and preferences regarding infant feeding and providing unbiased information and recommendations and advocating for policies and regulations to address predatory marketing tactics by the formula industry and protect the right to breastfeed.

  Release Date:  July 25th, 2024
  Expiration Date: July 24th, 2027
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1.0 hours
  Registration Fee: FREE
 *Originally recorded 04/04/2024

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

1. Review the relationship between lactation and health outcomes for birthing parents and their children
2. Discuss infant feeding within the context of Reproductive Justice
3. Explore how maternity care providers can enable women and birthing people to achieve their infant feeding goals

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American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

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For References/Bibliography click here.

Zenani, N. E., Tulelo, P. M., Netshisaulu, K. G., Sepeng, N. V., Musie, M., Gundo, R., … Mulaudzi, F. M. (2025). A scoping review on the contribution of interprofessional collaborative practices on preventing and managing post-partum haemorrhage in the health care system. BMC Nursing, 24, Article 455.

Sjögren Forss, K., Mangrio, E., & Hellström, L. (2022). Interprofessional teamwork to promote health: First-time parents’ experiences of a combined home visit by midwife and child health care nurse. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 717916.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

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There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Faculty Member Information	Role in activity	Name of commercial interest/Nature of relationship
Kate Ayers Shaw, MD	Course Director and Reviewer	Nothing to disclose
Stephanie Amaya, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Ylayaly Katherine Bianco, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Daychin Campbell	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Kelly Darmawan, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Amy E Judy, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Olga Kciuk, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Brent Monseur, MD, MS	Planner	Consulting Fee-Acorn (Relationship has ended)
Julie Najar, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Lisa Rogo-Gupta, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Nichole Tyson, MD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Virginia Winn, MD, PhD	Planner	Nothing to disclose
Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc, FACOG, FABME	Faculty	Patent Holder - Couplet Care Bassinet