I live in an isolated community in North Central Washington where there is one hospital and little competition for the physicians or for hospital care. I work as a Lactation Consultant in the Family Birthing Center at the hospital--yes, we do offer this service--but it tooks years to get it started. We have been very popular with the mothers and are slowly gaining the support of some of the Physicians. Sadly, we often run across situations where a physician has managed a breastfeeding problem so poorly, that breastfeeding is lost! I understand this is a common problem all over the world and have read several studies that emphasize the lack of breastfeeding education in medical school. These studies have also verified that most physicians feel they know all they need to know about breastfeeding. Because of this, I wrote a grant proposal and received $1500.00 from a local foundation. My plan has two parts: 1) provide references for the various clinics in the city: Medications and Mothers Milk and Pocket Guide to Breastfeeding and Human Lactation. Members of the local Breastfeeding Coalition plan to deliver and orient staff on their use. 2) Provide a seminar for local Health Care Professionals on breastfeeding. I hope to attract more people by approaching it with inticing subjects, such as new developments and current concerns. (I hope to include a part on supplementing, since this is a major problem) The hospital has agreed to provide a meeting place and inticing food. We have thought to schedule it adjacent to a required meeting for the physicians. A noted Family Practice Physician who teaches at the University of Washington Medical School, is IBCLC and is also very active in the State Breastfeeding Coalition has agreed to speak. My problems are: 1) I figured it would take about $2700.00 to do both parts of this plan. I can probably only do one part with $1500.00--Which would be the most effective in improving the management of breastfeeding problems? 2) If we present the seminar, how do we get the physicians to come? Any ideas??? Thanks!! *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html