Hi Kim, I was just looking though the March of Dimes site and saw these 2 classes that you could purchase.  They look very interesting and perhaps someone on the list has used them and could comment.  Sincerely, Rachel Wahl RN IBCLC
 
NEW! Cultural Competence: An Essential Journey for Perinatal Nurses (2010)
Mary Lou Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Merry-K Moos, MPH, RN, FNP, FAAN
Lynn Clark Callister, PhD, RN, FAAN
#33-2459-09 5.3 contact hours (Contact hours will be awarded for this module until October 12, 2012.)
Click here to purchase. 

Provides information that assists nurses in caring for the increasingly diverse populations presenting to their practices. Includes basic concepts related to the study of culture, including communication, religion and gender roles, and the application of these concepts in perinatal nursing care. Describes cultural considerations in preconception, prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care, including care of preterm and high-risk infants. Addresses disparities in health care and health literacy. 






Cultural Competence in the Care of Childbearing Families (2003)
Mary Lou Moore, PhD, RNC, FACCE, FAAN
Merry-K. Moos, BSN, FNP, MPH
#33-1656-02 8.2 contact hours for RNs (Contact hours will be awarded for this module until October 12, 2012.)
Click here to purchase. 

Provides information on culturally competent nursing care of childbearing women and their families, including U.S. demographics; cultural perspectives, traditions, and characteristics; nutrition and physiologic differences; cultural assessment; and ethical issues. Also presents profiles of 13 different cultural groups that include information on prenatal care, labor and birth, and postpartum care. 
 
http://www.marchofdimes.com/nursing/index.bm2?cid=00000003&spid=ne_s2_1&tpid=ne_s2_1_2
 
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:31:15 -0300
> From: "Scott, Kim (DH/MS)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Birth/breastfeeding in different cultures
> 
> Hi all,
> I am looking for information on birth and breastfeeding rituals and traditions in different cultures. I would appreciate any links to information you could provide and specifically need free printable journal articles.
> Thanks so much.Please send to my e-mail only as I am having trouble keeping up . 
> 
> Kim Scott RNBN IBCLC
> New Brunswick
> Canada
 		 	   		  
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