human milk feeding

Breastfeeding: Keystone in the Support of the Reproductive Health Continuum

Enabling optimal breastfeeding would prevent 2619 birthing parent deaths and 721 child deaths annually in the U.S. In addition, it would be preventive for other women’s health issues, including breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart attacks. Despite the known advantages, why do poor women, women of color, and other marginalized groups of women not benefit? This presentation provides a look at the conditions that underlie these disparities.

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Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet the instructor

Alison Stuebe, MD, MS

Dr. Alison Stuebe is a Distinguished Professor of Infant and Young Child Feeding at UNC and Co-Director of the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health. She earned a BS from Duke University and an MD from Washington University, completing residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital, with research on perinatal mental health and breastfeeding.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the relationship between lactation and health outcomes for birthing parents and their children.
  • Discuss infant feeding within the context of Reproductive Justice.
  • Describe how maternity care providers can enable women and birthing people to achieve their infant feeding goals.

Course Content

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No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*
No one in control of content has any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.*

Course Information

This is a recording of a breakout session recorded on October 16, 2024, at the 2024 Wisconsin Perinatal Conference.

The expiration date for this course is October 6, 2028.

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.