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Resources

Download a poster for HIFN here - put it up in your work coffee room

 

See separate page for e-learning and training

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The Australian resource for doctors, "LactaMap" is a very comprehensive

website covering a range of topics

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Covid-19 resources

  • RCOG FAQs

  • RCPCH guidance

  • Information from Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative

  • BAPM FAQs

  • Bliss statement on parental access in the neonatal unit during the pandemic

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Journal articles and blogs for health professionals

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Textbooks

  • Free electronic textbook hosted by the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative

  • Recent UK textbook for medical professionals, edited by Amy Brown and Wendy Jones

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General breastfeeding information

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Specific resources relating to families of colour

Although breastfeeding rates in the UK are actually higher in mothers from Black and Ethnic Minority groups than White mothers (in contrast to the USA), people from BAME groups still face racism and discrimination in the way they are treated by healthcare professionals, along with worse maternal and infant health outcomes. Breastfeeding support systems in the UK are often dominated by white women. These resources help explore some of these factors:

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Specific resources relating to LGBTQI families

HIFN tries to use additive terms as much as possible in the language of our website. Please let us know if you have any feedback on this.

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More resources and articles are linked to within our specific webpage.

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Infant formula

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Specific medical conditions

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Prescribing

​NICE Guidance specifies that prescribers should consult specialist services rather than relying on the BNF

  • UK Drugs in Lactation advisory service gives high quality lactation-specific information on each drug individually, and provides general topic question and answer sheets. Health professionals can contact them to ask specific questions

  • LactMed is a searchable database of medications from the US National Library of Medicine

  • The Breastfeeding Network fact sheets on common specific medications

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Allied Health Professionals

  • RCN guidance on breastfeeding on children's wards and departments

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Medical Students

  • A website designed by and for medical students on breastfeeding

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Posters and flyers promoting breastfeeding​​

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HIFN resources available for download

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See separate pages for downloadable posters related to medication in lactation and general health professional education

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Please join our Facebook group to access example teaching slide decks for different hospital settings

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ABOUT US >

Thank you for visiting the Hospital Infant Feeding Network. This website is a repository of relevant knowledge and best practice resources for health professionals. To join the conversation, ask questions and share your experiences please join us on Facebook or Twitter.

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You may have noticed that we use 'additive' language on our website to refer to lactation and human milk feeding. This means that we might refer to 'breastfeeding/chestfeeding'. Chestfeeding is a term that some trans and non-binary people use to refer to feeding their child at the chest if the word breast is not congruent with their gender identity. Using additive language helps reduce a feeling of exclusion for non-binary and transgender people, without taking away from the importance of words like breastfeeding and mother. We do not always use additive language - for example when using infographics created by other organisations or referring to scientific research that didn't use additive language as this may not generalisable. There is a much more detailed description of the additive approach here.

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