• Prepare to provide culturally compliant support to families (parents and baby) who have recently exited the NICU
• Outline the basic structure of the NICU by learning about the several components that comprise it.
• Identify 3 different strategies to improve breastfeeding rates in the NICU for people of color 
  
• Differentiate between the distinguishing factors of providing support for a non-NICU family and NICU family
• Recognize implicit biases that influence the manner that information and care is delivered to different communities
• Discuss the importance of taking substantial time to educate patients on the benefits of donated breast milk for NICU babies and list 2 key pieces of information that parents should be informed of 
• Correlate how extreme stress caused by the NICU can cause lactating parents difficulties with milk letdown, negatively impacting their milk supply.
• Discuss how providing emotional support to lactating parents throughout their NICU journey can positively impact lactation.
• Identify the key roles that other hospital staff, such as social workers, have on a parent’s NICU journey and importance of fostering interdepartmental collaboration 
• Outline an improved delivery process for donor milk consent forms, including properly educating parents about donor milk. 
• Describe how the current delivery method used for consent forms in the NICU impacts lactation rates, especially in non-English speaking communities of color.
• Recognize patterns within systems that perpetuate behaviors that overall negatively impact lactation rates in communities of color
• Empower parents of color to recognize their power as the decision makers by encouraging them to ask all the necessary information to make a decision about their child

Speakers

Jessica Wade, Certified Doula, CLES, is the founding President and CEO of Mighty Little Giants (MLG), a National 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that advocates through providing support, education and hope for mothers and fathers experiencing pre-term deliveries resulting in long-term stays in the hospitals’ NICU. MLG’s mission is to bridge and stand in the gap for families with babies in the NICU by embracing MLG’s core values – Integrity, Compassion and Encouragement – ultimately giving them peace and becoming their light during their dark and difficult season.  In addition to the NICU support services, MLG provides monthly peer-to-peer mentoring, emergency financial support, as well as life after the NICU life skills.Mrs. Wade has spent the last 10 years working in her community, advocating for under-served women, children and families. She is a devoted wife, a Mother of two, a Mentor, a full-time Enrollment & Outreach Specialist in the Antelope Valley, as well as a Sunday School teacher. She's also a Certified Lactation Education Specialist  (CLES) as well as a Certified Doula. Her passion for NICU families and mothers experiencing pre-term births developed as a result of her personal experience of being hospitalized on total bed-rest for eight weeks, prior to delivering her first son 12-weeks prematurely. Once her son was released from the NICU after his 143-day stay, she made a promise to God that she would do everything in her power to help families that experience similar situations.

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