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Reaching and Supporting Populations with Lower Rates of Breastfeeding
Dr. Susan Hayward Debbie Silvester Hiltrud Dawson
Prevent More to Treat Less – June 4, 2014
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Disclosure of Commercial Support CFPC Conflict of Interest
Presenter Disclosure Presenters: • Dr. Susan Hayward • Debbie Silvester • Hiltrud Dawson Relationships with commercial interests: • Grants/Research Support: None • Speakers Bureau/Honoraria: None • Consulting Fees: None • Other: None
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Who we are… The Best Start Resource Centre: www.beststart.org • Provides services to support service
providers working in maternal health and early child development – Information – Consultations – Resources – Training – Networking opportunities
• A program of Health Nexus www.healthnexus.ca
• Funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services
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Some Services of the Best Start Resource Centre • Resources
– Child Development – Breastfeeding – Perinatal Mood Disorders – Reproductive Health – Preconception Health
• Training – Regional Workshops – Webinars
• Other Projects – Module on obesity in children – Prenatal key messages – BFI strategy for Ontario (in partnership with
TEGH and PCMCH)
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Learning Goals • Learn how primary research, data analysis, and information
from service providers in primary health care and public health was used to identify populations with lower rates of breastfeeding.
• Learn how primary research, data analysis, and information from service providers in primary health care and public health was used to identify breastfeeding challenges and effective strategies to reach and support populations with lower rates of breastfeeding.
• Learn how the Best Start Resource Centre and representatives from primary health care and public health are working together to develop a strategy to reach and support populations with lower rates of breastfeeding.
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Objectives
1. Discuss breastfeeding as a key population health promotion strategy
2. Understand the purpose of the breastfeeding community project and its application in specific communities
3. Apply the concepts to practice by discussing examples
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Benefits of Breastfeeding
The WHO, UNICEF, CPS and CCFP recommend exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months then combined with complimentary foods up to two years and beyond. Experts feel breast milk is the physiological norm and ideal nutrition for babies.
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Breastfeeding • Provides the correct
quantity, quality and absorption of nutrients
• Is easily and efficiently digested
• Provides immunity and protection against infection via immunoglobulins, WBS and other immune factors
• Matures the small intestine 8
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Breastfeeding Benefits for Baby
• Provides protective antibodies to baby to prevent bacterial meningitis, bacteremia, diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, otitis media, urinary tract infections, and inflammatory bowel disease
• Decreases diabetes, asthma and obesity • Decreases SIDS
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Benefits of Breastfeeding cont’d • Increases neurocognitive scores • New research finding oligosaccharides in
breast milk which provides optimal brain development for the baby
• Helps overall growth and development • Provides good oral motor skills
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Benefits of Breastfeeding cont’d
• Creates a strong bond between mother and baby
• Comforting and relaxing for both baby and mother
• Always ready at the right time and temperature
• Breast milk changes for child’s different nutritional needs as it grows
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Breastfeeding Benefits – For Mother • Decreased postpartum hemorrhage • Increased postpartum weight loss • Delays fertility postpartum • Decreased breast and ovarian cancer • Decreased heart disease and type 2 diabetes
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Economical Benefits
• Cost effective • Decreased medical costs to governments • Healthcare costs 3x less if breastfed • Better infant health, so decreased
absenteeism for employees, decreased insurance claims and increased productivity
• Ideal nutrition in an emergency
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From a Primary Care Perspective …
• Breastfeeding is the ideal preventative medicine.
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Snapshot – One Community in Ontario
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Windsor-Essex County
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Breastfeeding Only at Hospital Discharge
BORN Ontario Perinatal Reports
LHIN #1 Erie St. Clair
Ontario
• 2008 56.4% 61.3% • 2009/2010 45.3% 59.8% • 2011/2012 49.5% 63.25%
Live term infants
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Erie St. Clair LHIN Breastfeeding Rates BORN Ontario – Perinatal Health Report 2008 South West Ontario Public Health Region
Windsor Chatham Lambton Erie St. Clair LHIN
Ontario
Intent to Breastfeed 83% 78.4% 82.8% 81.4% 89.6% Method of Feeding at Hospital Discharge
Combination 42.8% 9.8% 13.5% 22.0% 25.2% Formula only 19.9% 26% 18.7% 21.5% 13.5% Breastfeeding only
37.2% 64.2% 67.8% 56.4% 61.3%
Live term infants
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Validation Research • Who are the populations with lower rates of
breastfeeding in Ontario? • What are their barriers to breastfeeding? • Which strategies have been found to be
effective in promoting and supporting breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration for these populations.
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Four Strategies
• Literature review • Needs assessment of
service providers
• Key informant interviews
• BORN data
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Literature Review • 78 Articles from 2003 – 2013 • Mostly Canadian
– Published studies – Survey results – Literature reviews – Survey results
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BORN Data • Breastfeeding status at discharge from
hospital • Mostly consistent with literature • Surprising variables between LHINS
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Exclusive breastfeeding at discharge in Ontario 2011/2012
number percent
ONTARIO 69,332 63.5
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Key Informant Interviews • 26 telephone interviews • Service providers working with prenatal
and breastfeeding women ( 1-40 years’ experience)
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Roles
Front-line
Supervisor/manager
Educator/program planner
Organization type
Public health
Community health
Primary care
NGO
Hospital
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Service Provider Needs Assessment • 349 survey respondents • From similar backgrounds as key informants • Need for face-to-face or web-based, easy to
access, culturally appropriate information, education and resources
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Breastfeeding Community Project
• To gather information about, understand, reach and support populations with lower rates of breastfeeding
• To work at a community level to address populations with lower rates of breastfeeding
• To promote the use of effective and promising strategies when working with these target populations
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Role of the Advisory Committee
• Public health – nurses, lactation consultants • Primary care – physicians, midwives, nurses,
nurse practitioners, and lactation consultants • Representatives from other key stakeholder
organizations • Best Start Resource Centre
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Key Informant Interviews • AC helped to develop the list of key
informants to get input from multiple, credible sources in a variety of settings in Ontario Questions asked: – What works to increase breastfeeding rates? – What barriers exist to improving breastfeeding
rates? – How can issues be addressed that affect
populations with lower rates of breastfeeding • Objective: Focus on breastfeeding community
projects
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My Role as Physician • AC members passionate about increasing
breastfeeding rates in Ontario • Breastfeeding medicine has been part of my
practice for last 12 years • In order to increase rates, we need to
increase support for mothers, babies and health care professionals
• Worked at the Doctor’s Breastfeeding Clinic and obtained fellowship with the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
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Impact • Developed Queen Square Breastfeeding
Clinic as part of FHT over last two years
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28,000 patients
pregnant & postpartum
women
17 doctors
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Why We Applied for a Grant Windsor Essex County’s Baby Friendly Initiative committee (WEBFI) includes representative from: • Health Unit • La Leche League • Private Doulas • Private Prenatal Educators • Parents of Multiple Births Association (POMBA) • Victorian Order of Nurses • Local Birthing Hospital • Building Blocks for Better Babies: local Canadian Prenatal
Nutrition Program (CPNP) • Ready-Set-Go: local Community Action Program for Children
(CAPC)
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Why We Applied for a Grant
1. Lower breastfeeding rates
Windsor Ontario Intent to Breastfeed¹ 83% 89.6% Breastfeeding only at hospital discharge¹
37.2% 61.3%
Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months² 14.7% 25%
¹BORN Ontario 2008 ²Canadian Community Health Survey 2007-2012
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Why We Applied for a Grant 2. Inconsistent breastfeeding
messages to women and their families
3. Limited community breastfeeding supports
4. Limited financial and human capacity to provide community breastfeeding education and supports.
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Examples in Your Work • What have you done to promote
breastfeeding? (or another population health issue)
• How has it been addressed by
public health, primary care? • How has the issue led to a working
together of public and primary health practitioners?
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Primary Care and Public Health
Working Together
• Breastfeeding requires many levels of support and knowledge.
• Integration of the allied health professionals to optimize care provides the ideal environment to improve breastfeeding rates.
• Volunteers providing peer support should not be overlooked.
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Queen Square Breastfeeding Clinic provides breastfeeding support
• Nurses and lactation consultants overseen by physician
• Early access to mothers and babies • Seen within a few days of birth • Teaching basics – latch, feeding frequency –
can prevent more complicated issues
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The Doctor’s Breastfeeding Clinic
• Example of public health, lactation consultants and physicians working together and supporting each other
• Physicians, midwives and public health nurses refer challenging cases
• Providing patient-centered care focusing on optimizing breastfeeding
• Medical interventions available if required • Approach confirms importance of
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Supporting Breastfeeding
• Other models available • Adapt models to the needs of the community • Need to increase services • Find balance between support and providing
expert services when needed • New supports
– Breastfeeding community projects – New Bilingual Online Ontario Breastfeeding
Services directory at www.ontariobreastfeeds.ca – Telehealth Ontario 24 hour breastfeeding support
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www.ontariobreastfeeds.ca
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Breastfeeding App Project
• Partnership between: – Building Blocks For Better
Babies – University of Windsor – Windsor-Essex County
Health Unit • Local breastfeeding
committee, WE BFI, is providing content expertise
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Purpose
• Women with lower rates of breastfeeding will have: – Access to reliable evidence-based breastfeeding
information at the tips of their fingers – anytime, anywhere
– Access to local and provincial breastfeeding supports
• New: TeleHealth 24/7 Breastfeeding Support • New: Bilingual Ontario Online Breastfeeding Services
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Project Activities
• Develop app content – Focus groups at BBBB
• 50% are less than 26 yrs, 12% less than 20 yrs • 40% earn less than $1900/month • 46% have no high school diploma • 62% are newcomers
• Build app • Focus test the app • Launch January 2014 with a local
campaign
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Other Project Examples
• Peer support • Prenatal education • Community education • Service provider education
• www.beststart.org/breastfeeding_community_project
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Exiting News!
• Second round of small grants in 2015 • Call for proposals coming in fall 2014 • Eligibility and other criteria will be on
Breastfeeding Community Projects webpage in early fall
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Resources • Populations with Lower Rates of
Breastfeeding: A Summary of Findings – coming soon
• www.beststart.org/projects/breastfeeding_community_project
• www.ontariobreastfeeds.ca • Telehealth Ontario – new 24 hour support for
breastfeeding
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Questions and Answers
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Dr. Susan Hayward Queen Square Family Health Team [email protected] Debbie Silvester Windsor-Essex County Health Unit [email protected] Hiltrud Dawson Best Start Resource Centre [email protected] www.beststart.org Thank you!
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