September 30, Volume 2, Issue No. 9 September 2015 HMBANA MATTERS

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1 September 30, 2015 Volume 2, Issue No. 9 September 2015 HMBANA MATTERS Welcome! Thank you for your continued support of non-profit mothers milk banking in North America! The objective of this monthly publication is to highlight the activities of our non-profit member and developing member mothers milk banks. We trust that you will find it well worth your time to read through this issue of HMBANA Matters, an official publication of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America. After you have finished reading it, please take a moment to forward it to a friend, colleague or someone else who think might be interested. If you received this from someone else, please visit the HMBANA website to be added to our mailing list. 1 The Ribbon is off in Birmingham! 2 Presto! Change-O! in Florida: Karen to Kandis Kesler to Natoli 3 Big Expectations in the Big Easy 4 Northeast s Donor Mom turns author for Huffington Post 5 Black Mothers Breastfeeding Week Ends on Positive Note 6 Removing Barriers to Breastfeeding: A Structural Race Analysis 7 Barriers to high school graduation: A key public health concern 8 Call for Abstracts 2016 Advancing Policy and Advocacy Conference 9 Full time job for Mom and Dad with preemies in the NICU In this issue Excerpt from the Gasden Times, Friday, September 4, 2015 Mothers Milk Bank of Alabama One Step Closer!

2 (Left to Right) Mary Michael Kelley, of the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama; Katherine Wood, Program Director, Mothers Milk Bank (MMB) of Alabama; David Bell, Board President of the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama; and, Dr. Rune Toms, Medical Director of the MMB of Alabama. Excerpt from OUR VIEW: Breast milk bank will benefit state's mothers, babies Tuesday, a ribbon-cutting took place in Birmingham for the Mother s Milk Bank of Alabama, which collects breast milk from mothers, sterilizes it, then sends it to local hospitals for pre-term babies or those in neonatal intensive care units. Read the full downloaded article here.. dl=0 By Carey Jester and Karen Kesler,RN,BSN,IBCLC Mothers Milk Bank of Florida Welcomes new (Left to Right) Karen Kesler,RN,BSN,IBCLC and Kandis Natoli, MSN, RNC, IBCLC After the successful opening of the Mothers Milk Bank of Florida, Karen Kesler is stepping back from her position as and will continue her association with the Milk Bank in supporting roles. The Milk Bank is off to a great start, exceeding expectations in the number of donors and the amount of milk received. Distribution of the milk is growing with the addition of hospital orders from around the state. MMBFL also continues to get media attention locally and statewide with the opening of depots. A great surprise this month was a local TV station visiting and giving Karen a Getting Results award recognition for years of striving to bring a milk bank to Florida. MMBFL is excited to introduce Kandis Natoli as the new. Kandis is a Maternal-Newborn Certified Registered Nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She comes to the milk bank after having successfully defended her doctoral dissertation research Helping Mothers Resist Persuasion to Give Formula. Her research was funded by the International Lactation Consultant Association and Florida Nurses Association. Kandis had worked for many years as a nurse and lactation consultant at Central Florida hospitals. For the past seven years she has taught nursing courses in maternal-child nursing and research. Kandis is also affiliated with her local Healthy Start Coalition where she serves as an abstractor on the Fetal Infant Mortality Review Board. MMBFL is looking forward to this new stage in our development and serving the hospitals and babies in Florida. The Newest HMBANA Developing Mothers Milk Bank Hospital-Based Louisiana Mothers Milk Bank on the Road to Accreditation

3 Photographs courtesy of Louisiana Mothers Milk Bank at Oschner Baptist The Louisiana Mothers Milk Bank at Oschner Baptist has been accepted into the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) as a developing milk bank. Ochsner Baptist is home to the Ochsner Women s Pavilion providing labor and delivery services, the region s leading high risk maternal fetal medicine team, a 54 bed level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the state s first hospital-based Alternative Birthing Center. Ochsner Baptist is located in New Orleans, LA and is part of Ochsner Health System, a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary healthcare delivery system with 12 hospitals and over 40 clinics in Southeast Louisiana integrated with a growing Ochsner Health Network of hospitals across the region. Our mission will be to provide pasteurized donor human milk (PDMH) for the entire state and region as we are able and to lead the region in education and outreach around this critical area. We seek to become the first HMBANA Accredited Non-Profit Mothers Milk Bank in the state of Louisiana, fulfilling a much needed service for our 26 Level III and above NICU s. We are in the fundraising phase of development, but in the interim will serve as a depot for the HMBANA Accredited Member Mother s Milk Bank of Austin. Please contact Laura Carleton at Ochsner Baptist as she would love to hear from you! (The word on the street is that she will match you with the perfect opportunity to help bring the Louisiana Mothers Milk Bank online as soon as possible!). Laura Carleton Ochsner Baptist Medical Center Financial Operations Manager 2700 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA Phone: (504) , ext [email protected] Excerpt from the Huffington Post Mother's Milk Bank Northeast Donor to Author: Chelsea Vassi NICU Mom Tells it Straight Excerpt from 5 Truths About Donating Breast Milk Donor breast milk? Why? How? I had these same questions when my daughter Ava was born and ended up in the NICU, surrounded by babies who had been born prematurely. I decided to research donating my breast milk, and soon after, found myself getting deeper into the labyrinth that is human milk. Here's five truths I found during the process. Read the entire downloaded article here.. Excerpt from the The Inquisitr News Black Breastfeeding Week Comes to an End African American Breastfeeding Rates Increased

4 Photograph courtesy of the Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank Excerpt from Black Breastfeeding Week Comes to an End with Black Female Breastfeeding Rates Increased In 2008, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that only 59 percent of black women nurse, compared to 80 percent of Hispanic women and 75 percent of White women. These numbers have reportedly risen, but despite efforts, black women are still behind. In a recent statement to Nation s Health, physician, Katherine Bugg, who is the founder of ROSE, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, said, We can truly reform health care through breastfeeding. It is definitely a public health issue. Read the entire article here.. The report was made possible through the generous support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation New Report Issued by the Center for Social Inclusion Removing Barriers to Breastfeeding: A Structural Race Analysis of First Food Photograph courtesy of the Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank The report highlights the structural barriers that women face during pregnancy, at the hospital, and in their first weeks and months at home after the baby is born including access to Baby-Friendly hospitals and certified lactation consultants, which are often lacking in neighborhoods of color. Access the downloaded report here.. American Public Health Association - Webinar #4 Access Any of the Recorded Webinars On-Line The Silent Partner in High School Dropout and Health Disparities

5 Across this country, more than 50 million students will attend public elementary and high schools this fall. Yet only two-thirds of African American and fewer than three-quarters of Latino students will graduate on time. Also, more than half of all students attending public school live in poverty. Barriers to high school graduation are a key public health concern because high school graduation is a leading indicator of healthy adult behaviors and health status. Access the recorded webinar and the entire series - here.. Save the Date: Sunday afternoon March 20 March 22, 2016 Call for Abstracts Due October 23, 2015 Advancing Policy and Advocacy: Focus on Work and Poverty Photograph Source: Sponsored by the Center for Women s Health and Wellness (UNC, Greensboro) and the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (UNC, Chapel Hill) Read the full details on the event flyer accessible here Excerpt from the Wall St. Journal, Author: Dana Wechsler Linden What parents can do to help preemies (Left to Right) Dr. Mia Doron, Dana Wechsler Linden, and Emma Trenti Paroli, the 2015 Honorees of the Graham s Foundations Hope, Resilience & Miracles Awards Along with Dr. Doron (her sister), Dana co-authored: Preemies: The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies. Photograph sourced from: Excerpt from What parents can do to help preemies A new approach to caring for premature babies in those critical first few weeks or months is being tried out in a number of hospitals. Hospitals are enlisting Moms and Dads to work full-time with their preemies in the NICU. Read the downloaded article here... Please note: Items included in this e-newsletter do not imply an endorsement or support by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America for the products, opinions or statements contained in said item, unless specifically stated.

6 Board of Directors President Pauline Sakamoto MS, RN, PHN Mothers' Milk Bank (San José) President-Elect Naomi Bar-Yam, PhD Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast (Boston) Secretary Janice Sneider O'Rourke, MPA, RD The Milk Bank (Indianapolis) Treasurer Amy Vickers, MS, RN, IBCLC Mothers' Milk Bank of North Texas (Fort Worth) Immediate Past President Kim Updegrove, RN, CNM, MS, MPH Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin Elizabeth Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA Chair, ILCA Nominations Committee Secretary, Executive Committee, USBC April Fogleman, PhD, RD, IBCLC Professor North Carolina State University David Newburg, PhD Professor and Researcher Boston College Nancy Wight, MD Neonatologist Sharp Mary Birch Hospital (San Diego) S h a r e t h i s e m a i l : Manage your preferences Opt out using TrueRemove Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future s. View this online Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX US This was sent to [email protected]. To continue receiving our s, add us to your address book.