>
> We do have a wonderful Journal Club in Denver. It meets monthly, this 
> year continuing through the summer as well. It is hosted by Marianne 
> Neifert and the lactation consultants at The Lactation Program. We 
> meet for 2.5 hours each month and draw hospital based and private 
> practice lactation consultants, dieticians, WIC breastfeeding 
> coordinators, home care nurses and La Leche League Leaders from the 
> front range and central Colorado mountain areas. I think there are 
> usually about 40-60 people.
>
> The agenda is set by Marianne, Amy and Stacey, with input from the 
> community I am sure. They recruit volunteers or themselves read, 
> summarize and evaluate the journal articles, presenting to the group. 
> We have lots of great discussions as well as feeling a lot of energy 
> from the kindred spirits there. We've had Paula Meier and Nancy 
> Mohrbacher speak when they have been in town, and once in a while we 
> have had guest speakers such as pharmacists and anesthesiologists who 
> have been invited in to speak on breastfeeding-related issues.
>
> We share breastfeeding news (Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign has been 
> a big topic), sometimes review new videos, and when someone has 
> attended a conference, they may make a presentation on something they 
> learned. Participants can get CERPs or CEU credits for attending.
>
> The Colorado Breastfeeding Task Force is a separate organization. 
> Certainly there is a lot of overlap, but the Task Force's purpose is 
> to influence the people who influence breastfeeding mothers. Except 
> for a part-time Executive Director, it is a volunteer organization. 
> During this last legislative session, we were finally successful in 
> getting a bill passed which guarantees a woman's right to breastfeed 
> anywhere she has a right to be. The Task Force has had forums with 
> insurance company folks discussing coverage for lactation services, 
> educational offerings for hospital clinical managers encouraging 
> lactation inservices for their staff and several years ago actually 
> produced a training tape for childcare providers on encouraging 
> breastfeeding and handling human milk.
>
> Sorry, I've run on a bit. But we do have some wonderful resources here 
> in Colorado.
>
> Sue
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Sue Petracek, IBCLC
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