Breastfeeding Resources Decrease Disparity, Empower Support, Understand Medication February 26-27, 2015 Berkeley, CA USA Presented by SWAG Conferences LLC SWAGconferences.org Featuring: Diana Bueno-Gutierrez MD, MS, Ph.D, Brandi Gates IBCLC, Thomas Hale Ph.D, Julian Mitchell PC, Jeanette Panchula RN, PHN, IBCLC, Monique Sims-Harper DrPH, MS, RD, IBCLC FACULTY Diana Bueno-Gutierrez MD, MS, Ph.D Diana Bueno-Gutierrez is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) in Tijuana, México where she obtained her MD. She recently graduated from UC Davis with a PhD in Nutritional Biology with emphasis in International and community nutrition. Diana’s research interests focus on improving nutritional status and preventing disease in low-income populations by using nutrition and health education to promote breastfeeding, maternal-infant nutrition, prevention of obesity, as well as work in improving economic and social determinants of health such as the elimination of violence against women. In particular, she is drawn to the translation of medical science benefits to underserved populations in order to reduce health disparities. Currently, she is working on developing a community-based intervention to promote breastfeeding at the Mexico-USA border. Brandi Gates IBCLC Brandi is a graduate of CSU Eastbay, a mother of 3 exclusively breastfed girls and a passionate breastfeeding advocate. She began at the Alameda County WIC program as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor/Breastfeeding Specialist working with teens/ young women who wished to continue exclusively breastfeeding dispite life’s circumstances. She co-founded a community awareness advocacy group, The Breastfeeding MAFIA (Mother’s Against Feeding Infants Artificially), to restore and normalize breastfeeding within the African American Community. Currently she works for the West Oakland Health Council’s WIC program and Health Center as the Breastfeeding Coordinator and Lactation Consultant. She has partnered with A More Excellent Way Health Organization to create a lactation space in faith based organizations. She provides in-home lactation support for various insurance companies and is a part of the Oakland Breastfeeding Project. Brandi has a true passion for breastfeeding and believes every woman deserves the proper resources, information and support to make an informed decision in meeting her personal breastfeeding goals. Thomas W. Hale Ph.D Dr. Hale is Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean of Research at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, is the founder/director of the Infant Risk Center, a national call center for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. He holds degrees in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology and is widely experienced in Pediatric and Breastfeeding Clinical Pharmacology. He is a well-known international lecturer in the pharmacology of lactation and is the author of several books including: Medications and Mothers’ Milk, the top-selling drug reference manual in the world. His other books include Textbook of Human Lactation; Clinical Therapy in Breastfeeding Women; and Drug Therapy and Breastfeeding. Julian Mitchell PC Julian is a Bay Area native with a heart to give back to his community and support others. He is the father of 3 beautiful girls and has supported his wife through 10 wonderful years of marriage and breastfeeding. He is working towards a degree in culinary arts at the Art Institute of San Francisco and has a certificate in business management. Most recently, Julian has completed the Breastfeeding Peer Counselor training through the More Excellent Way for Health Program. Julian’s passion is to educate fathers and men about the benefits of breastfeeding, to help them understand the barriers their partners go through with breastfeeding and to raise a happy healthy family. Jeanette Panchula RN, PHN, IBCLC Jeanette Panchula was born and raised in Puerto Rico and has a degree in Social Work. As a member/leader of La Leche League (LLLI) she received needed support to breastfeed her 3 children and was introduced her to her future career. She helped translate breastfeeding information for LLLI and used that knowledge to pass the inaugural exam to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 1985. Later she became a nurse and a Public Health Nurse. Jeanette has worked with breastfeeding mothers and health care providers in New Jersey, Missouri, Puerto Rico and California. She has assisted in developing breastfeeding websites for the California Department of Public Health and Solano County. Now retired, she continues as the co-chair of the Solano County Breastfeeding Coalition and a Peer Counselor trainer at WIC and A More Excellent Way using the California WIC Peer Counseling Program. In 2014 she provided trainings in Spanish to hospital staff/administrators in the first Breastfeeding Summit in Puerto Rico, the Promotoras team in Concord, CA, and the LLL Latin American Summit in San Jose, Costa Rica. Monique Sims-Harper DrPh, MPH, RD, IBCLC Dr. Monique Sims-Harper is a public health advocate and the founder/director of A More Excellent Way Health Improvement Organization (MEW): a non-profit whose mission is to improve the health and wellness of diverse communities. MEW works to reduce disparities in breastfeeding by creating culturally sensitive/supportive trainings and baby showers that include partners and grandparents. To reduce the gap in initiation/continuation of breastfeeding among African American families, MEW has engaged the African American faith community to create an environment to educate/ support families in their infant feeding choices. With the collaboration of faith and health entities peers are trained to offer one-on-one counseling to pregnant/breastfeeding women as well as how to access medical, economic, social, cultural and breastfeeding resources. Dr. Sims-Harper is the Regional Breastfeeding Liaison for Contra Costa County where she coordinates physician-trainings, identifies local breastfeeding obstacles, gaps, goal objectives and builds collaboration to meet goals, bridge breastfeeding support and decrease disparities. Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:30- 8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00- 8:15 Welcome and Introductions 8:15- 9:15 Using Medications in Breastfeeding Mothers Part 1 9:15- 9:30 Break 9:30-10:30 Using Medications in Breastfeeding Mothers Part 2 (includes marijuana, expanded sections on antidepressants and infectious diseases including Ebola) 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 African American Breastfeeding: History, Health and Disparities 12:15- 1:40 Lunch 1:40- 2:25 Community Support: Breastfeeding Support Groups Make a Difference 2:25- 2:35 Break 2:35- 3:20 Breastfeeding Dads: Involving Dads in Breastfeeding Support 3:20- 3:30 Break 3:30- 5:00 Pharmacotherapy in Breastfeeding Patients (with added content about preterm mothers) Friday, February 27, 2015 7:30- 8:00 Continental Breakfast 8:00- 9:30 Control and Production of Human Milk (with added content about prolactin levels and pseudoephendrine, domperidone) 9:30- 9:45 Break 9:45-10:45 Engaging the Faith Community in Breastfeeding Promotion 10:45-11:00 Break 11:00-12:00 The Hispanic Community: Improving Breastfeeding Support and Identifying Their Barriers to Becoming IBCLCs 12:00- 1:30 Lunch 1:30- 2:30 Candida 2:30- 2:45 Break 2:45- 3:45 Breastfeeding Promotion and Support Strategies among Mothers from Mexico 3:45- 4:00 Break 4:00- 5:00 Hot Topics (including Lyme Disease, topical curcumin, probiotics and eczema, human milk micro biota, celiac, bath salts) CONFERENCE DETAILS GOALS Explore the cultural, social, political, physical, psychological, ethical and clinical context of lactation. Facilitate networking amongst those who work with breastfeeding families. CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT Th Fri California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 15480 7.8 7.8 Total Hours International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners CERPs applied for 6.5 6.5 Total Hours Thursday 6.5L CERPs Friday 6.5 CERPs Instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Blueprint 6.5 6.5 Total Hours DRAWINGS There will be multiple drawings at the conference. Tickets will be $1 and $5. ADVERTISING For inquiries regarding exhibits/ads/sponsorship opportunities contact Sue Wirth at [email protected] or see our website for the exhibit brochure: SWAGconferences.org. CANCELLATIONS Written requests are required by February 14, 2015 for a full refund, less a $50.00 processing fee. Send to: Sue Wirth, 908 Curtis St, Albany, CA 94706-2108 or email [email protected]. BABIES AT THE CONFERENCE Quiet infants in arms-no strollers please. SUBSTITUTIONS We reserve the right to change the program/speakers as necessary. *AGENCY SPONSORSHIP All attendees are held primarily responsible for all registration fees. If your workplace or other agency is paying your registration fee; register as soon as possible with a note to Sue Wirth telling her that the payment will follow. Attendance and receiving the completion certificate and continuing education credits are contingent on all conference fees being paid by the beginning of the conference. SITE/DIRECTIONS Hs Lordships, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710 510-843-8144 Free and Ample Parking FROM THE NORTH- Take I-80 West to Berkeley. Exit at University Ave. Follow Loop West to University Ave. Left on University Ave. Stay left. Left at stop sign. Left on Seawall Drive. FROM THE SOUTH- Take the Gilman Street exit from I-80. Left at stop sign onto Gilman Street. Go under the freeway and turn Left onto the Frontage Road. At the next stop sign, University Avenue, turn Right. Left at Marina Blvd stop sign. Turn left on Seawall Dr. FROM THE BAY BRIDGE-Take Emeryville/Powell St. exit. Make a left and go under the freeway overpass. Make a right onto Frontage Road, following the signs to the Berkeley Marina. Turn left onto University Ave. Stay left. Left at stop sign. Left on Seawall Drive. CONTACTS Sue Wirth [email protected] WEB SITE SWAGconferences.org 510-599-1079 REGISTRATION includes continental breakfast, lunch, breaks, conference materials and continuing education credits. 1 Day 2 Days (postmarked by January 17, 2015) $175 $299 Regular (postmarked by February 14, 2015) $199 $349 Walk-in (on or after February 17, 2015) $225 $399 Early Bird FEBRUARY 26-27, 2015 REGISTRATION FORM PRINT CLEARLY Name______________________________________________________________ E-mail_____________________________________________________________ Total Registration Fee $ ______________________________________________ Meals February 26 Buffet Lunch ___ No Meal ___ February 27 Buffet Lunch ___ No Meal ___ Special Needs Request________________________________________________ Home Address__________________________________________________ City, State, Zip__________________________________________________ Phone (H) _________________________(W)_______________________ Continuing Education Requested: RN___ IBCLC___ *AGENCY SPONSORSHIP: I agree that I am primarily responsible for the payment, by the beginning of the conference, of all registration fees if my employer or agency does not pay. Signature Date • Make checks payable to SWAG Conferences LLC. • MAIL to Sue Wirth, 908 Curtis Street, Albany, CA 94706-2108 NO FAX AVAILABLE • CONFIRMATIONS: Include a legible email address Credit Cards: Circle One VISA MC American Express Discover Signature________________________________________Date______ Credit Card Number_____________________Expiration Date______ CLOSEST AIRPORT Oakland International Airport (OAK) AREA HOTELS Courtyard by Marriott Emeryville 5555 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-652-8777 Close to mall and restaurants Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Berkeley Marina (Possible free shuttle to and from BART and Hs Lordships) 200 Marina Boulevard, Berkeley, CA 94710 510-548-7920 Four Points by Sheraton-San Francisco Bay Bridge 1603 Powell Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-547-7888 Close to mall and restaurants Hilton Garden Inn San Francisco Bay Bridge (Possible free shuttle to Hs Lordships) 1800 Powell Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-658-9300 Close to mall and restaurants Hyatt house Emeryville/San Francisco Bay Area 5800 Shellmound Street, Emeryville, CA 94608 510-601-5880 Close to mall and restaurants