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CHAMPS Receives New Funding from the Kellogg Foundation to Continue Breastfeeding Work in Mississippi!
September 22, 2020
Staff at a Mississippi hospital celebrate their 2020 Baby-Friendly designation
CHAMPS has received a new 3 year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to continue our work around increasing breastfeeding initiation and exclusive breastfeeding rates in Mississippi, and decreasing racial disparities. The $650,000 grant for CHAMPS RAMPS will allow CHAMPS to continue to support Mississippi hospitals in achieving and maintaining Baby-Friendly designation. It will also enable new collaborations with Mississippi HBCUs to increase breastfeeding rates among African American mothers, and allow us to assess the quantity and quality of breastfeeding support in prenatal and workplace settings.
CHAMPS will continue to work with statewide and national stakeholder organizations like Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MS and the MS Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), and EveryMother.
CHAMPS will continue to work with statewide and national stakeholder organizations like Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MS and the MS Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), and EveryMother.
CHAMPS Safety Training Presentation at the 2020 ILCA ConferencE
September 4, 2020
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CHAMPS’ Mississippi Liaison and Trainer, Cathy Carothers (BLA, IBCLC, FILCA) presented the Techniques for Safe Implementation of Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) Training, a train-the-trainer for the course CHAMPS created and implemented to promote safe implementation of Baby-Friendly practices to support breastfeeding, at the recent International Lactation Consultants Association (ILCA) annual conference. This workshop provided an overview of the new curriculum, with a focus on safety approaches for skin-to-skin care, rooming in, and prevention of falls. The teaching platform employs principles of visual design and case-based participation to enhance learning.
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unique visual-based learning approach, key content topics, and options for conducting engaging activities as part of the curriculum. The presentation was released on August 21 and will be available to conference registrants on the ILCA website until November 18. ILCA attendees can attend the training and then access the course materials by emailing CHAMPS at CHAMPSbreastfeed@gmail.com with a copy of their ILCA registration confirmation or receipt and certificate of attendance.
Ocean springs hOSPITAL is baby-Friendly!
August 21, 2020
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Congratulations to Ocean Springs Hospital on their recent Baby-Friendly designation! This exciting news brings Mississippi up to 22 Baby-Friendly designated hospitals, 20 of which are CHAMPS hospitals. The team at Ocean Springs is incredibly deserving of this designation- your resilience and persistence throughout this process inspires all of us working in maternity care. Thank you Ocean Springs for your dedication to supporting maternal and infant health, especially in these challenging times.
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MisSissippi Breastfeeding Rates On the rise
August 4, 2020
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CHAMPS is delighted to share that breastfeeding rates in Mississippi are on the rise!
Thanks to all those who have been working with CHAMPS on this project, from our funders to our community representatives, from the nurses and clinicians of Mississippi to the statisticians who advise us. Let’s keep this wonderful momentum going! |
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CHamps announces new q&A forum
July 24, 2020
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CHAMPS has launched a new Q&A Forum. Ask questions, search for answers, share your expertise, and more!
Access the forum at https://cheerequity.answerbase.com/. |
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Memorial hOSPITAL AT GULFPORT is baby-Friendly!
July 14, 2020
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We bring you exciting news of Memorial Hospital, Gulfport's Baby-Friendly designation. This metro hospital joined the Baby-Friendly pathway in January 2017, and the staff have since worked tirelessly towards accomplishing this award. Their designation brings up the number of designated hospitals in MS to 21,19 of which are CHAMPS hospitals. Congratulations to the Memorial Gulfport team! Thank you for your unrelenting commitment to providing the best quality of maternity care to your patients.
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CHEER's Message of support for black communities
June 9, 2020
CHEER, the Center for Health Equity, Education, & Research, stands in solidarity with Black people and other POC experiencing the pervasive and devastating consequences of racism in our country. We are outraged by the ceaseless injustices, both physical and systemic, that affect Black communities daily.
CHEER was founded to “bring about health equity,” with a focus on underserved populations. The events of the past weeks, coupled with the disproportionate numbers of COVID-19 cases among people of color, have emphasized the continued necessity and urgency of our work.
As AAP President Sally Goza, MD, FAAP said, “Racism harms children’s health, starting from before they are born.” Now and always, CHEER remains committed to fighting inequities, countering systemic racism, and increasing optimal access to health for all families.
CHEER was founded to “bring about health equity,” with a focus on underserved populations. The events of the past weeks, coupled with the disproportionate numbers of COVID-19 cases among people of color, have emphasized the continued necessity and urgency of our work.
As AAP President Sally Goza, MD, FAAP said, “Racism harms children’s health, starting from before they are born.” Now and always, CHEER remains committed to fighting inequities, countering systemic racism, and increasing optimal access to health for all families.
CHAMPS Covid-19 response webinar series
April 14, 2020
The CHAMPS Team is launching a series of COVID-19 focused webinars in the coming weeks.
For more information, visit the webinars page HERE.
To access and download past webinars in the series, view the 2020 "Past Webinars" heading on the webinars page.
The CHAMPS Team is launching a series of COVID-19 focused webinars in the coming weeks.
For more information, visit the webinars page HERE.
To access and download past webinars in the series, view the 2020 "Past Webinars" heading on the webinars page.
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SHELTER IN PLACE- room IN!
March 24, 2020
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Rooming in means mothers and infants staying together in the hospital. This is one of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Also, when large scale infections like COVID-19 are in the air, the safest place for the healthy baby is the mother’s room in the hospital. This prevents babies from being exposed to other babies by sharing a common nursery space or spending time being pushed around the hospital corridors.
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NMMC Gilmore-aMORY BECOMES BABY-FRIENDLY bringing MS to 60% births at DESIGNATED HOSPITALs!
March 19, 2020
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We are happy to announce that NMMC Gilmore-Amory is Baby-Friendly designated! Mississippi now has 20 Baby-Friendly hospitals, with 60% of births taking place in designated hospitals. Congratulations to the NMMC Gilmore team, we appreciate their tenacity and commitment to providing mothers and newborns with the finest evidence-based care! We are also thankful for such wonderful news during these tough times.
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CHAMPS COVID-19 RESPONSE!
March 18, 2020
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In light of the ongoing novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, CHAMPS has cancelled or postponed the Mississippi CHAMPS site visits and mock assessments scheduled for the week of March 23rd. We have also cancelled upcoming trainings to adhere to social distancing and other recommended preventive measures at this time. Please click on the button below for more information and resources.
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*The CDC recommends breastfeeding even where women are COVID-19 positive.*
CHEERING CREATES COVID-19 RESOURCEs FOR REFUGEE POPULATIONS!
March 18, 2020
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Our Sister Organization, CHEERING, has created a COVID-19 Breastfeeding presentation for refugee populations. This resource is free, evidence-based, and available (in English) on the CHEERING website and at the link below.
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