Oooh, Jeanette, what an opportunity.
What are the "take home" messages you want to give? Breastfeeding is
very important, the public health system is important in supporting or
undermining bf, babies are more capable than we ever thought,
maternal-infant togetherness is a key to infant capability. You can
share Nils' Bergman's research, show a snippet from Delivery Self
Attachment, and share some of the important statistics from the studies
that show that failure to breastfeed increases diabetes, some cancers,
heart disease susceptibility, asthma, etc, etc. You can talk briefly
about mechanisms, that will make folks with advanced degrees intrigued
and want to think about this further. Figure out which chronic diseases
are of greatest concern to your public health folks, and focus on those.
After all, breastfeeding is primary prevention for most of our public
health nightmares. And I'd make sure that Anna Coutsoudis' work was in
there somewhere too (exclusive bf reduces maternal to child transfer of
HIV, for the newbies here). And of course try to reframe the debate
about "maternal choice" that the artificial milk manufacturers have set
up to "health decisions and behaviors", which is what it truly is.
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC
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