Clinical Skills
Kendra Shelby, IBCLC
IBCLC
Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Minooka, Illinois, United States
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Abstract: Our ultimate goal is to close breastfeeding disparities in locations with low resources to prenatal, lactation, and postpartum care. Organizations are engaging with diverse communities working to create multiple small changes or one larger policy/systems change to improve breastfeeding support, continuity of care and equity. My goal is to build a three-layer community involvement, as I have outlined below.
1) Lactation Podcasts. 2) Partnering with universities to provide lactation education/advocacy to students/staff. 3) Doula services/training CLC.
Publication: https://maziwatribe.blog/2021/09/18/spilled-milk-the-podcast/
Diversity and Inclusion: In order to create an all inclusive breastfeeding/chest-feeding community we plan on increasing educational resources in lacking community. We choose to address the gap of prenatal, lactation, and postpartum resources and do our part to reduce the gap by offering long term sustainable resources, and building community partners.
Disclosures: Presenter(s) indicated no conflicts of interest to disclose. The FDA has cleared all pharmaceuticals and/or medical devices for the use described in this presentation.
Lead Author: Kendra L. Shelby, IBCLC – Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Lead Author: Kendra L. Shelby, IBCLC – Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Lead Author: Kendra L. Shelby, IBCLC – Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Lead Author: Kendra L. Shelby, IBCLC – Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions
Lead Author: Kendra L. Shelby, IBCLC – Balanced Breastfeeding Solutions