Susan,
Excellent post! I would love to see ibclc training under the auspices of a
school of public health. That makes so much sense. Think of all the side
issues related to breastfeeding: maternal/child health, child development,
diarrhea prevention, infant and child nutrition, safe and appropriate
complementary feeding, health promotion and disease prevention, morbidity
and mortality rates, SIDS, HIV, etc etc. I do not have a public health
background, I was trained as a nurse, but thinking about our exam blueprint,
public health as a framework really makes alot of sense.
<<Can we not consider the possibility that we could actually elevate the
role
of IBCLC to something that is considered a profession in it of itself? One
in which we are competent enough to have the discretion when a pediatrician
really should be informed and when it is not necessary or even worse
trivial from a pediatrician's perspective? (e.g. when I see a client who
is weaning a 2 year old?)>>
Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA
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