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Incorporating BFI Messages Everyday
Laura Matz, RN, BSN, MPH Public Health Nursing Consultant
Ministry of HealthApril 2015
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Supporting the BFI at a Provincial Level
• Process to include BFI in our resources
• Challenges faced going through this process
• Successes of our initiatives.
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Saskatchewan
• Population: 1.1 million• Geography: 1.8 people per sq. km• 13 Regional Health Authorities• 2 First Nations Jurisdictions
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Provincial Focus
• Opportunity to review current processes and resources
• Appetite for standardizing client services and provider resources
• RHAs do not have time and capacity for individual review
• Initiated use of WHO Growth Charts provincially
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Provincial Process
• Worked with interdisciplinary group– Nutritionists, Dental Health Educators, Public
Health Nurses, Speech and Language Pathologists, Early Childhood Psychologists, Health Promotion Professionals, and Parents
– Common language– Strong interest in working together
• Work reviewed by the Breastfeeding Committee for Saskatchewan
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Challenges
• Working with interdisciplinary group– 7 different professions– Multiple years of experience– Many opinions and passions– Different understanding of BFI
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Challenges
• Balancing breastfeeding as the normal way to feed with formula feeding as the most common way to feed in Saskatchewan– Breastfeeding initiation rates 86% in 2012– Exclusivity rates at six months 31.9% in2012
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Challenges
• Language used with health professionals and parents– Normalize breastfeeding– No breastfeeding instead of formula feeding– Supportive language – (removes “no, should,
don’t”)– Shift to talking about the risks of formula feeding
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Provincial Successes
• Child Health Clinic Guidelines for Standard Practice– Provincial guidelines– Nutrition assessment promotes breastfeeding and
feeding relationships
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Provincial Successes
• Provincial Implementation of WHO Growth Charts– Initiated in 2011– Updated charts in 2014
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Provincial Successes
• Nutrition and Growth Assessment Manual for Healthy Term Infants and Children (NAMIC)– Language and assessments supportive of BF• Uses breastfed infant and non-breastfed infant
terminology• The breastfed infant is the standard reference point
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Provincial Successes
• Growing Up Healthy pamphlet series– Series of seven pamphlets from newborn to six
years of age– Provides anticipatory guidance for parents but
does not replace the discussion– Reviewed to be BFI and meet International Code
of Marketing Breast Milk Substitutes
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Success
• Provincial• Standardized• Interdisciplinary development and review• Ongoing scheduled review• Engagement of health professionals
using the resources
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Web Links
Public Health Manuals http://www.ehealthsask.ca/services/manuals/Pages/default.aspx
Growing Up Healthy pamphlet serieshttp://www.saskatchewan.ca/live/health-and-healthy-living/health-topics-awareness-and-prevention/children-health-and-parenting/growing-up-healthy .
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Thank you !
For more information contact:
Laura Matz RN, BSN, MPHPopulation Health Branch
Ministry of [email protected]
306-787-6921
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