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Keynote Speaker:
LOUISE DUMAS, MSN, PHD
is a professor and researcher in Nursing Sciences
in Quebec, is part of a Russian-Swedish-Canadian
research team studying Russian swaddling and
mother-infant separation at birth, and is also a lead
assessor for the Breastfeeding Committee for
Canada. She has authored more than 35 articles
and book chapters. Louise currently works at the
administrative and clinical level with hospitals
and community health centers to implement
evidence-based perinatal practices in Quebec,
Ontario, and New Brunswick.
Speakers:
OLGA JOVKOVIC, BN
has over 25 years experience working in Public
Health. As a Healthy Families Manager at Toronto
Public Health, Olga was responsible for the
implementation of the Toronto Breastfeeding Study
released in 2010 and more recently, Toronto Public
Health’s journey to BFI designation.
Forum Objectives:
The Baby Friendly Initiative:
Access to Excellence
To provide health professionals with
current knowledge and skills so they
can support Manitoba mothers in selecting
breastfeeding as the exclusive source of
nutrition for their babies.
To provide health professionals with
information regarding their hospital
and their region’s progress towards
Baby Friendly designation.
To provide opportunities for regional
and provincial discussions and planning.
Baby Friendly Manitoba Conference
Friday, September 19, 2014
Viscount Gort Hotel
1670 Portage Avenue • Winnipeg, MB • R3J 0C9
Toll-free: 1-800-665-1122 • Fax: (204) 772-2161
Reservations: viscount-gort.com
TAMARA BURNHAM, BN (Nurse Manager)
& SHIRLEY BEZDITNY (RHA educator) led
the designation of Bethesda Hospital as a Baby
Friendly Hospital in January 2014.
AMY MINK, BN & PATTI BANKS, BN
are Public Health Nurses in The Pas, MB
(Northern RHA). They have led the implementation
of BFI in The Pas Primary Health Care Centre
and have successfully submitted a binder for a
Pre-Assessment Document Review as well as
experienced a Pre-Assessment site visit.
Conference
Registration Guide
Viscount Gort Hotel
Friday, September 19, 2014
Registration Form
Agenda
8:00 - 8:30
Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 9:00
Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:00 - 10:15 Plenary Session
Skin-to-Skin For Mother and Baby at Birth
Louise Dumas: What is meant by evidence-based
practice? How may the new research findings
impact clinical practice and recommendations
to parents? What is the evidence for uninterrupted
immediate skin-to-skin between mother and baby
at birth? How does skin-to-skin happen in some
hospitals in Canada and Sweden? What are the
optimal perinatal practices to encourage immediate
and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact after vaginal
birth as well as caesarean section under regional
anesthesia?
10:15 - 10:45 Refreshment Break
10:45 - 12:00 Manitoba’s BFI Success Stories
Bethesda Hospital:
What was the preliminary work needed to sustain
this designation? What strategies did Bethesda
Hospital use in their journey to have successfully
been designated as Baby Friendly Initiative in
January 2014? How did they move practice to
meet the Baby Friendly best practice standard?
1:00 - 2:30 Plenary Session
Best Practices and Perinatal Procedures
Louise Dumas: What is the evidence around
consequences of common perinatal procedures
on babies? How can we promote normal birth
as an important public health measure? What
are the best practice changes needed in clinical
practice or in recommendations to parents in the
months before and after birth?
2:30 - 2:50 Refreshment Break
2:55 - 4:00 Toronto Public Health’s Journey to
Baby-Friendly Designation and Beyond.
Olga Jovkovic: What did it take for Toronto Public
Health to designate as Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) in
January 2013? Toronto Public Health officially launched
its Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) Journey in 2004. What
was the preliminary work needed to sustain this designation? How did the in-depth work plan develop? Why did
they focus on four key activities: staff training, document
review, data collection and policy development? What
organizational structures supported the work? What
lessons were learned to improve outcomes for mothers,
babies and families in our communities?
4:00 - 4:15 Closing Remarks
IBCLE CERPS application
has been submitted.
Please register online. You may pay online with a
credit card or indicate that a cheque will be mailed
payable to “Baby Friendly Manitoba”.
Online Registration:
www.gov.mb.ca/health/bfm/conference.html
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Northern
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Interlake Eastern
Winnipeg
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Conference Registration fee (includes lunch): $115
Late Registration (after Sept.10): $130
Fee for students and peer counsellors: $75
Fax or Mail your registration to:
11:20 - 12:00: The Pas Primary Health
Care Centre:
What was the process for submission of a
Pre-Assessment Binder? How did the site become
ready for a successful Pre-Assessment Site Visit?
12:05 - 1:00 Lunch Baby Friendly Awards
Baby Friendly Manitoba
1090C -300 Carlton Street • Wpg, MB • R3B 3M9
Phone: (204) 831-9090 • Fax: (204) 943-5305
Upon receipt of web, faxed or e-mailed registration
a spot will be held for you. Confirmation of
registration will be sent once payment is received.

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