domestic conferences

upcoming DOMESTIC CONFERENCES

​​​AWHONN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2020: Cancelled!
March 27-28, 2020
CHAMPS will be delivering one of only three podium presentations at the 2020 AWHONN Regional Conference. The presentation will discuss "Nurses as Influencers in Promoting Evidence-Based Care: Increasing Breastfeeding Rates and Improving Maternal Child Health Practices in Mississippi Hospitals"
ILCA Annual Conference 2020
July 8-11, 2020
​Houston, Texas
Cathy Carothers, MS CHAMPS Liaison and Trainer, and co-director of Every Mother, Inc., will be presenting a workshop at the 2020 ILCA Conference on the CHAMPS Safe Implementation of Evidence-Based Maternity Practices Train-the-Trainer.

past domestic conferences

2019

apha conference 2019

November 2-9, 2019
CHEER and CHAMPS, along with our partners, participated in the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, November 2-6, 2019! The presentations at the Breastfeeding Oral Session: Supporting Breastfeeding from the Hospital to the Community, included:
  • 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
Our partners, Kimberly Ramsey and Tawanda Logan-Hurt also did oral presentations on WIC and Baby Cafes in Mississippi. 

NBCC 2019

June 14-15, 2019
CHAMPS presented their abstract entitled 'Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Care Practices (CHAMPS) using a Curriculum on Safety' for the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Ninth National Breastfeeding Conference and Convening (NBCC 2019), held June 14-15, 2019, Breakout Panel Session! Thank you to CHAMPS' own Lori Feldman-Winter, Cathy Carothers, and Kimarie Bugg for submitting, and for presenting on behalf of the CHAMPS team.
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For more information about NBCC 2019, please visit their website using the button to the right.
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2016
The Second Indian Country Breastfeeds Conference: Sustainability and Support
​May 9-10, 2016
This two-day conference highlighted the past, present, and future of maternity care and infant feeding in Indian Country. View the conference report to learn more.
2014
Maternity Care & Infant Feeding in Indian Country
​May 1, 2014
The CHAMPS team shared strategies for achieving Baby-Friendly hospital designation and focused on community efforts to promote and support breastfeeding in Indian Country in this one-day conference. Read the report to discover more.
Listen to Presentation Recordings
Baby Friendly Indian Country: The New Standard of Care
Anne Merewood​
Keynote: Talk the Beauty and Walk the Beauty
Gayle Dine’Chacon
Panel: Strategies for Baby-Friendly Hospital Success 
​Jeanette Yazzie (moderator), Antoinette Kleiner, Jenna Meyer and Carrie Rigsby
Empowering Staff to Embrace Change
Antoinette Kleiner​
Breastfeeding in Potawatomi Country: The Wisdom of Gokmesnanek
Bethany Moody​
Panel: Community Involvement Strategies
Neva Kayaani (moderator), Janise Biakeddy, Amanda Singer, Carol Williamson and Mona Owaleon
Beyond the Baby-Friendly Hospital: Scaling up and Baby-Friendly Communities
Rafael Perez-Escamilla