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Programme

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Conference program
Presentations by international renowned experts on topics related to the 10 Steps, from the perspective of supporting breastfeeding in neonatal care. Special attention will be directed on what is not mentioned in the 10 steps but needed in the neonatal care setting in order to support lactation and breastfeeding.

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Programme at a glance

September 14

08.30-09.30
Registration
09.30-10.00
Opening of conference Introduction
Kerstin Hedberg Nyqvist, Uwe Ewald, Anna-Pia Häggkvist
10.00-10.45
Breastfeeding support for infants in neonatal units
Invited speaker: Paula Meier
10.45-11.30
Early initiation of expressed breast milk and its impact on osteopenia of prematurity
Sandya Bandara
11.05-11.25
Human Milk and Breastfeeding for Infants Born with Complex Surgical Anomalies
Diane Spatz
11.25-12.00
Becoming a mother of a preterm or ill infant
Invited speaker: Renee Flacking
12.00-13.00
LUNCH and Exhibition
13.00-13.45
Adaptation of the 10 Steps from a WHO perspective
Invited speaker: Randa Saadeh
13.45-14.15
What do we really know about preterm infants’ capacity for breastfeeding
Kerstin Hedberg Nyqvist
14.15-14.35
The Baby Friendly Hospital in neonatal unitis for sick and preterm newborns in Russia
Elena Murzina
14.35-14.50
Breastfeeding Conditions in Danish Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Ragnhild Maastrup
14.50-15.15
REFRESHMENTS and Exhibition
15.15-16.00
Lessons learnt from 15 years of the Baby Friendly Initiative in the UK
Invited speaker: Sue Ashmore
16.00-16.30
Nutritional aspects on breast milk feeding in neonatal care
Invited speaker: Staffan Polberger
16.30-16.50
Hospital in the Home:The DOTS Program-Discharge home on Tube feeds with Health Care Support
Yvette Sheehy
16.50-17.10
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Support in the Noenatal Intensive Care Unit
Beverly Rossman
17.10-17.30
Moving toward Family Centered Care (FCC)- the First Family Centered Neonatall Intensive Care Unit in Norway
Birgitte L Ekeberg
17:45
Welcome Reception at the University main building
19.30
CONFERENCE DINNER at Norrlands Nation
 

September 15

9-12
Discussions, oral presentations and 20 min. break
12-13
Lunch
13-17
Discussions, oral presentations and 30 min break
 
 

September 16

9-12
Discussions, oral presentations and 20 min. break
12-13
Lunch
13-15
Plenum: Short summaries from working groups, concluding remarks

Workshop programme
Workshops led by experts, with oral presentations and discussions, will be held focusing on different aspects of Neo-BFHI: evidence, criteria, implementation, monitoring etc.

Please mark on the registration form, the workshop that you are most interested in.

Please see Workshop programme for detailed programme

Certificates of attendance
Certificates of attendance, with information about CERPs, will be available at the Conference