CHEER/CHAMPS to participate in apha 2019 annual meeting and exPO
CHEER and CHAMPS will be participating in the upcoming American Public Health Association (APHA) 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, November 2-6, 2019!
The accepted abstracts, to be presented at the Breastfeeding Oral Session: Supporting Breastfeeding from the Hospital to the Community, include the following titles:
Finally, CHEER and CHAMPS would like to congratulate our partners, who will be presenting oral presentations on WIC and Baby Cafes in Mississippi. We look forward to a great conference!
The accepted abstracts, to be presented at the Breastfeeding Oral Session: Supporting Breastfeeding from the Hospital to the Community, include the following titles:
- Using implementation science to evaluate Mississippi CHAMPS: A RE-AIM assessment
- Increasing breastfeeding rates and improving maternal child health practices in Mississippi hospitals: The CHAMPS initiative
- Infant feeding among refugees in Athens, Greece
Finally, CHEER and CHAMPS would like to congratulate our partners, who will be presenting oral presentations on WIC and Baby Cafes in Mississippi. We look forward to a great conference!
CHEER champion of the week
Linda Jackson!
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This week’s CHEER Champion of the Week is Linda Jackson, BS, Peer Counselor II for Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH) WIC Breastfeeding Program. She was nominated by her supervisor, Andrea Borda, SB, CLC, for her 20 years of outstanding service to the MSDH WIC Breastfeeding Program! Linda began as a Peer Counselor working from home in 1999 and became a Peer Counselor II working in clinics and hospitals in 2000.
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new paper published in Pediatrics
Improved Maternity Care Practices Decrease Racial Gaps in Breastfeeding in the U.S. South
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A new paper published in Pediatrics links successful implementation of Baby-Friendly™ practices in the southern U.S. with increases in breastfeeding rates and improved, evidence-based care. The changes were especially positive for African-American women.
Between 2014 and 2017, 33 hospitals enrolled into the CHAMPS (Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices) program out of Boston Medical Center’s Center for Health Equity, Education and Research, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. All birthing hospitals in Greater New Orleans, and 18 in Mississippi, signed up. Breastfeeding initiation at CHAMPS hospitals rose from 66% to 75%, and, among African Americans, from 43% to 63%, over the 3 years. The gap between White and Black breastfeeding rates decreased by 9.6%. |
2018 CHEER lifetime achievement award
Kimarie Bugg!
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CHEER is thrilled to announce the recipient of our 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award: Kimarie Bugg, DNP, RN, MPH, IBCLC, CLC, for her long-standing dedication to breastfeeding and maternal child health equity! Kimarie is the Co-Founder, President/CEO, and Change Leader for Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), a nonprofit developed in 2011 to address breastfeeding inequities in the African-American community. CHEER’s Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) program has partnered with ROSE since its incipiency in 2014, and has the pleasure to host Kimarie as our Community Engagement Director. Throughout her career, Kimarie has tirelessly served families, trained health care providers, managed programs, advised national efforts, and led the charge for breastfeeding health equity amongst typically underserved communities in the United States. In this, her life exemplifies exactly the kind of work CHEER seeks to uphold!
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new champs grant
From the Bower Foundation
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CHEER has received a new, 3-year grant from the Bower Foundation to continue work with Baby-Friendly designated Mississippi hospitals.
CHEER (the Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research at Boston University School of Medicine) has run Mississippi CHAMPS since 2014, working with communities and hospitals to support, promote, and increase breastfeeding. The program also helps hospitals to gain the coveted WHO Baby-Friendly Hospital title. Since 2014, 8 Mississippi hospitals have been designated Baby-Friendly, and breastfeeding rates across CHAMPS-enrolled hospitals in Mississippi have risen from 49% to 67%. Rates have particularly increased among African American women, from 33% to 56%. |
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