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Coahoma County Diaper Bank, CHEER, and Early Dawn Birthing Services Receive NACCHO Grant for Community Breastfeeding Assessments!
March 25, 2021
Coahoma County Diaper Bank (a.k.a the Diaper Bank of the Delta) and Early Dawn Birthing Services have been awarded a $15,000 NACCHO grant, with CHEER as a partner, to assess the chest/breastfeeding environment in the northern Mississippi Delta! This funding will be used to evaluate community access to breastfeeding resources and individual breastfeeding support and education experiences. The grant will be executed by Coahoma County Diaper Bank, in partnership with CHEER (for research, data, and evaluation support), and Early Dawn Birthing Services (for community engagement and virtual listening sessions).
Learn more about the NACCHO program here.
Learn more about the NACCHO program here.
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Source: United States Breastfeeding Committee
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Mississippi becomes top ranking state for births in baby-Friendly hospitals
February 24, 2021
Recently released from the CDC: Mississippi was ranked 4th in the U.S in 2020 for the percentage of births occurring at designated "Baby-Friendly" hospitals. Since CHAMPS began working in the state in 2014, the number of Baby-Friendly hospitals has increased dramatically from 0 to 22. Congratulations to all our Mississippi hospitals and partners on this noteworthy accomplishment!
(select Baby-Friendly in the dropdown Indicator menu above the map)
Breastfeed or be vaccinated—an unreasonable default recommendation
February 5, 2021
CHEER Director, Dr. Anne Merewood, and her colleagues - Drs. Lars Bode, Riccardo Davanzo, and Rafael Perez-Escamilla- share their thoughts on England's initial recommendation not to vaccinate lactating women in this recent publication from The Lancet. Read the full article here.
Registration opens for cheer's first ever virtual conference
February 4, 2021
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Registration is now open for CHEER's first ever virtual conference, CHEERing for CHAMPions! CHEERing for CHAMPions: Virtual Breastfeeding Conference 2021, is free for all attendees. After registering, you will have access to the virtual conference platform, organized by SpotMe. Nursing CE credits available to Mississippi nursing staff at no cost; available to non-MS nursing staff for a requested donation.
Register soon to receive a gift pack, available to the first 100 registrants. Contact champs.breastfeed@gmail.com for questions! |
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CHAMPS CONDUCTS VIRTUAL 4 HR TRAIN-THE-TRAINER COURSE
January 5, 2021
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CHAMPS had a wonderful virtual CHAMPS Breastfeeding Clinical Competencies Train-the-Trainer this morning! A huge thank you to Cathy Carothers for leading the session, and to all of our attendees - Who knew a Zoom training could be so engaging and informative!! We can’t wait for more trainings to come, and to hear about participants’ trainings at their own facilities!
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SAVE THE DATE for Virtual cheer conference 2021!
November 20, 2020
