Nice, Liz.

Jannette, you may wish to add that Health Canada's revised guidelines for health professionals making recommendations for healthy infant feeding (ages 0-6 months) are in draft form, and due out shortly. Perhaps she should hold off distributing the materials until she is able to refer to the new guidelines?

-- Jodine Chase
Edmonton, Canada

On 2011-06-07, at 8:40 AM, Elizabeth Brooks wrote:

> Ugh.  Nikki and I have the same Sent-Too-Fast issues with our computers ...
> 
> As to being asked to discuss formula to an entire prenatal BF class, I
> suggest you say,
> "Tenet 24 of the IBLCE Code of Ethics requires that I support the
> International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes;
> "At 4.3 of the WHO Code, our hospital is asked *not* to accept educational
> materials from the formula mfgrs describing their products;
> "At 6.5 of the WHO Code it is clear that any teaching about infant formula
> preparation and use should be done by a health worker, to families who need
> it, complete with an explanation of formula's hazards;
> "Therefores, if any attendee at my class asks a question about formula, I
> will say, "Breastfeeding is the biologic norm.  If there is a need to
> discuss the medically-necessary use of something other than your breastmilk
> after your baby is born, you will receive one-on-one teaching about the
> risks and benefits involved from your health care provider."
> 
> -- 
> Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
> Wyndmoor, PA, USA
> 
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