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The Ontario Baby-Friendly Initiative Expo 2017The BFI Expo… Supporting your Baby-Friendly Journey

BFI Expo 2017

Program

your Baby-Friendly Journey

Halton Region Headquarters 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, Ontario

www.bfiontario.ca

May 4 - 5, 2017

… Supporting


BFI Expo 2017May 4 - 5, 2017

Table of Contents

SPEAKERS Day 1 pg. 3 Day 2 pg. 7

AGENDA Day 1 pg. 10 Day 2 pg. 11

MAPS Parking Lot pg. 12 Building pg. 13

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Early Bird 2 Day - $225

Early Bird 1 Day - $150

Regular 2 Day - $325

Regular 1 Day -$250

Early Bird ends March 19.


Speakers - Day 1An Introduction to the Gut Microbiota: The Forgotten Organ

Skin to Skin: The Safest Transition for Mother and Baby

Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe

Dr. Louise Dumas

Emma Allen-Vercoe PhD is a microbiologist who started her career with a degree in biochemistry from the UK. Her post-doctoral studies at Public Health England and University of Calgary focused on how gut bacteria influence health.

Since 2007, as a researcher and a professor at University of Guelph, she has been focusing on the study of the normal gut microbiota (the collection of microbes living in the gut), both in disease and health. Using her “Robogut” culturing platform, she is engaged in projects studying the gut microbiota in a wide range of diseases, including autism spectrum disorder, NEC, colorectal cancer and IBD.

She is co-founder of NuBiyota, a company that is developing biological drugs based on microbial ecosystems, to treat gut disease.

Louise Dumas, RN, MSN, PhD.

Honorary professor-researcher in Nursing sciences, at Université du Québec en Outaouais (Western Quebec), Louise has studied in Canada, USA, and Sweden. Most of Louise’s research has been focused on perinatal practices, breastfeeding, and patient education.

As guest researcher at the Karolinska Institute, she is part of a research team studying Russian swaddling, skin-to-skin and early mother-infant interaction.

Louise has published many articles and book chapters and presented at numerous conferences throughout the world.

Louise is also lead assessor for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives, one of the Canadians at the WHO-BFHI committee for industrialized countries.

Louise has received many awards for the excellence of her work at the clinical, administrative, teaching and research levels.

You will learn:

The importance of the microbiome.

How it develops.

How medical practices can impact its development.

What we can do to support microbiome health.

You will learn:

To provide strategies for implementation of skin to skin contact in the hospital setting.

Explore articles reporting infant deaths in the first hours and days following birth /analysis of those articles to understand findings.

Review the neurobiological rationale for skin to skin contact for parent and baby.

Safe procedures for skin to skin at both vaginal and Caesarean births and the postnatal period.

Explain safety issues with parents.

Healthcare provider’s roles in promoting and explaining safe care with skin to skin.

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Speakers - Day 1Strategies to Maximize Breastfeeding Exclusivity in a Tertiary Perinatal Centre

Dr. Jo Watson Jo Watson is a Nurse Practitioner and the Operations Director in the Women and Babies Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

She is also the Professional Leader for the NPs at Sunnybrook and a Certified Lactation Consultant. Jo has 35 years of experience working with childbearing families.

She co-authored the Labour and Birth chapter of the first edition of the Health Canada Family Centered Maternal and Newborn Care guidelines and led the design and implementation of a model of single room maternity care in a tertiary care setting.

Jo is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing and received her PhD in 2010 having conducted a randomized trial on the effect of conservative intrapartum IV fluid management on outcomes in breastfed newborns.

She is a co-author of the recently published Cochrane Systematic Review evaluating interventions for the treatment of sore nipples in breastfeeding women. Jo is a past recipient of the Canadian Lactation Consultants’ Award of Excellence for her work supporting breastfeeding women.

She has an active NP practice in the Nurse Practitioner led Breastfeeding Clinic at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

You will learn:

Identify the most common reasons for medical supplementation in a tertiary care hospital.

Share strategies used to promote and protect exclusive breastfeeding.

Share strategies to ensure appropriate use of supplementation for breast milk infants.

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Speakers - Day 1Building a Breastfeeding Culture: Making Breastfeeding Normal and Accessible for All Families through Peer Support

Michelle Buckner Michelle Buckner is the mother of three breastfed children, holds a degree in Social Work and has been a La Leche League Leader for 12 years.

Michelle has been working with women and families in Waterloo Region for 20 years, and is the coordinator of the Breastfeeding Buddies program in Waterloo Region.

Michelle has spoken at numerous conferences across Canada on the role of peer support, prenatal breastfeeding programs and engaging community partners in a peer led model of support.

She has authored several Best Start breastfeeding and peer training resources and is a facilitator for the 20 hour WHO peer breastfeeding course.

You will learn:

Review the role of peer support in the context of the social determinants of health.

Explore cultural norms that may be barriers to accessing service.

Promote client self-efficacy through peer support to foster a healthier and vibrant community for all.

Explore ideas on connecting with at risk population and recruiting diverse peer breastfeeding volunteers to create a culture that promotes breastfeeding.

Procedural Pain and Management Strategies

Dr. C. Meghan McMurtry C. Meghan McMurtry PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Guelph, Director of Pediatric Pain, Health, and Communication Lab, and a Clinical Psychologist with Pediatric Chronic Pain Program at McMaster Children’s Hospital.

Her research and clinical interest in pediatric psychology focus on acute and chronic pain, medical procedure-related fear, as well as communication and family influences in these contexts.

You will learn:

Define pain, fear, anxiety and distress and describe their relevance to needle procedures.

Explain the short and long term consequences of unmanaged pain and distress related to needles.

Identify evidence based pain and distress management strategies for infants and young children undergoing needle procedures (i.e. skin-to-skin, breastfeeding, sucrose).

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Speakers - Day 1An Exploratory Study of Women’s Perceptions of Breastfeeding Support

Day 2 of BFI Expo 2017

Gillian Elliot Gillian Elliott is a researcher and doctoral student at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Universityof Toronto.

Gillian’s research interests focus on maternal health and utilizing knowledge translation strategies to support optimal research uptake in clinical settings. Currently her research focuses on how Integrated Knowledge Translation strategies can be used to reduce unnecessary in-hospital formula supplementation.

Gillian also volunteers with breastfeeding families through Trillium Health Partners’ in-hospital Breastfeeding Companions program and the Region of Peel’s Breastfeeding Companions telephone support program.

You will learn:

Hear how qualitative research gives insight into how birth practices, infant care protocols and professionalized practices influence breastfeeding support and in turn impact women’s breastfeeding experiences.

How can we prevent the perception that breastfeeding is technically challenging and requiring expert intervention, rather than portrayed and promoted as a natural and easy process.

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Speakers - Day 2

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Scientific Basis Of The Baby-Friendly Initiative

Dr. Louise Dumas Louise Dumas, RN, MSN, PhD.

Honorary professor-researcher in Nursing sciences, at Université du Québec en Outaouais (Western Quebec), Louise has studied in Canada, USA, and Sweden. Most of Louise’s research has been focused on perinatal practices, breastfeeding, and patient education.

As guest researcher at the Karolinska Institute, she is part of a research team studying Russian swaddling, skin-to-skin and early mother-infant interaction.

Louise has published many articles and book chapters and presented at numerous conferences throughout the world.

Louise is also lead assessor for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives, one of the Canadians at the WHO-BFHI committee for industrialized countries.

Louise has received many awards for the excellence of her work at the clinical, administrative, teaching and research levels.

You will learn:

Evidence behind importance of breastfeeding and risks of not breastfeeding.

Evidence for BFI both in hospital and in community.

Reflect on how one’s personal beliefs and professional practice can lead to mothers’ early breastfeeding difficulties.

Purposeful and Persistent Pioneers of BFI: The Designation (and Re-designation) Journey at St Joseph’s Health Care

Jackie Barrett Jacqueline Barrett MHSc RN has worked in the field of Nursing for 30 years. Jackie has worked in the Women’s and Infants’ program areas as a staff nurse, nurse practitioner, lactation consultant, manager and director.

She has had involvement in the early work on establishing breastfeeding as a Best Practice and also in implementing the BFI. Jackie took the early BFI assessor course. She has a strong passion for quality improvement and for the care of women and families.

She has worked with many researchers in the area of breastfeeding support to assist them in facilitating their projects within the hospital environment.

You will learn:

Understand the experiences of initial Baby-Friendly designation and re-designation in the hospital setting.

Share our team approach one step at a time.

Appreciate the opportunities that rise from challenges for sustaining best practices and developing solutions within the context of the Baby-Friendly Initiative and embedding in the culture.

Understand the importance of an interdisciplinary team approach along with community engagement as keys to success.


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Speakers - Day 2Measuring Outcomes and Using the Data

Karen Moynagh Karen Moynagh is a Senior Program Evaluator with the Halton Region Health Department. Karen has a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies and is currently working on her Masters of Health Evaluation through the University of Waterloo.

Karen has enjoyed working on numerous projects over her past 18 years in the health department. Since 2000 she has worked on several infant feeding studies for the health department and has seen changes in breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity over this time period.

You will learn:

Outline the successful approach used by Halton to collect data about Infant Feeding and how this information has supported the BFI designation process.

Share information about sampling, data collection strategies, and tools used by Halton.

Show how data collected through Halton Infant Feeding studies has demonstrated changes in breastfeeding over time.

Share how results have been used to inform practice.

Discuss the public health standardized tools (LDCP project) and implications for Halton.

Sometimes I Would Rather Be Eating Gelato, The Cost of Caring

Valerie SpironelloMSW, RSW

Valerie has been a social worker for over 25 years working in a variety of settings including palliative and chronic health care, child welfare and domestic violence.

She is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster and has worked teaching Mindfulness at University of Toronto.

She has provided workshops on a variety of topics such as compassion fatigue, work /life balance, mindfulness and end of life care. Valerie is also a mediation teacher trained in the use of mindfulness in clinical setting. In her private practice Choose Wellness, she provides counseling, workshops and retreats to assist others in living well in Mind, Body and Spirit.

You will learn:

Compassion fatigue: What does it look like? Why does it happen?

A personal journey through compassion fatigue.

Strategies to tame the dragon.


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Speakers - Day 2

Do You Want to be a BFI Assessor? Getting the Scoop

The BFI and The WHO Code: Emerging Challenges

Marg LaSalle & Dr. Louise Dumas

Kathy Venter

In 1980 Marg graduated with a BScN from University of Western Ontario. She worked as a RN in NICU and paeds at St Joseph’s in London and then worked as public health nurse with Middlesex-London Health Unit.

Marg has been an IBCLC since 1994 and an instructor for the 20 hour breastfeeding course at Fanshawe College.

Currently Marg is a lead assessor with the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada and Chair of the BFI Assessment Committee for BFI Ontario

Kathy Venter is a nurse/midwife from Africa. An IBCLC since 1990 and WHO/UNICEF BFHI assessor and trainer (1991).

In Canada she has continued to share her wisdom and expertise as a RN IBCLC at Sunnybrook Hospital and as an educator for Quintessence Foundation. Committee membership includes past chair for Breastfeeding Committee of Canada, past chair for BFI assessment/education of BFI ONT, RNAO and ILCA.

She is a BFI Master Assessor with BCC BFI Assessment Committee. She was the recipient of the Canadian Lactation Consultation Association Award for Clinical Excellence in 2010 and 2013.

You will learn:

Provide an opportunity to discover what it means to be a BFI assessor, the roles and responsibilities of the work and the professional and personal value of the role.

Understand the requirements to become an assessor.

Review the role of assessors in Canada.

Clarify the process for certification.

You will learn:

This session will provide an opportunity to consider the role of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant resolutions as implemented through the Baby-Friendly Initiative in Canada.

Review the purpose of the Code.

Gain insight into the implementation of the Code in its application to the BFI designation process.

Agenda of BFI Expo 2017


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Agenda

Time Title

7:15 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Networking

8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Address

8:30 a.m. An Introduction to the Gut Microbiota: The Forgotten Organ – Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe

9:30 a.m. Introduction to Poster Presentations – Kristina Niedra

10:00 a.m. BREAK AND NETWORKING

10:30 a.m. Skin to Skin: The Safest Transition for Mother and Baby – Louise Dumas

11:30 a.m. POSTERS, NETWORKING and EXHIBITORS

12:00 p.m LUNCH, NETWORKING and EXHIBITORS

1:00 p.m. *A1 Strategies to Maximize Breastfeeding Exclusivity in a Tertiary Perinatal Centre – Jo Watson

1:00 p.m. *A2 Building a Breastfeeding Culture: Making Breastfeeding Normal and Accessible for All Families through Peer Support – Michelle Buckner

2:00 p.m. BREAK AND NETWORKING

2:15 p.m. Procedural Pain and Management Strategies – Megan McMurtry

3:15 p.m.An Exploratory Study of Women’s Perceptions of Breastfeeding Support – Gillian Elliot

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4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks – Linda Young

* AUDITORIUM - Divided Into NORTH & SOUTH Meeting RoomsCONCURRENT SESSIONS A (1-2)

Day 1 – BFI EXPO 2017THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017


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Agenda

Time Title

7:15 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Networking

8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Address

8:30 a.m. Scientific Basis Of The Baby-Friendly Initiative – Louise Dumas

9:30 a.m. Questions And Discussion

10:00 a.m. BREAK AND NETWORKING

10:30 a.m. *B1 The BFI and The WHO Code: Emerging Challenges – Kathy Venter

10:30 a.m. *B2 Purposeful and Persistent Pioneers of BFI: The Designation (and Re-designation) Journey at St Joseph’s Health Care - Jackie Barrett

11:30 a.m. POSTERS, NETWORKING and EXHIBITORS

12:00 p.m LUNCH, NETWORKING and EXHIBITORS

1:00 p.m. **C1 Measuring Outcomes and Using the Data – Karen Moynagh

1:00 p.m. **C2 Do You Want to be a BFI Assessor? Getting the Scoop – Marg LaSalle and Louise Dumas

2:15 p.m. BREAK AND NETWORKING

2:30 p.m.Sometimes I Would Rather Be Eating Gelato, The Cost of Caring – Valerie Spironello MSW, RSW

3:30 p.m. Recognition and Awards – BFI ON & BFI Strategy

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4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Thanks

* AUDITORIUM - Divided Into NORTH B1 & SOUTH B2 Meeting Rooms** AUDITORIUM - Divided Into NORTH C1 & SOUTH C2 Meeting Rooms

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