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Down The Road
January 2023
Use of public transport for traveling provides the opportunity to observe the social interaction and communication of families, such as children with their parents. A captivated audience comes of regarding parents’ ways of interacting with their infants and young children, on the way.
At times, the mother/parent is responding warmly to an infant’s whimper. At other times, the parent is offering a sense of calm for the toddler, who may be in a completely new environment. Or the parent is engaging in conversation with an older child in a positive and constructive manner.
Considering all this, one may see a connection to the BFHI/BFI implementation process. For it is understood that some aspects related to BFHI/BFI actuation foster positive mother/parent-infant dyad interaction. (1)
Whether it is providing an environment that facilitates initial skin to skin contact, or guiding the mother/parent-infant dyad to community support upon discharge from the perinatal health care unit—these activities surely tend to contribute to everyday happenings; towards relationship building.
Such work environments are assuredly achieved through engagement of motivated staff members who are implementing quality care programs. Some members may be taking part in activities related to distinct sections of the program.
Perhaps improving the practice around initiating and maintaining skin to skin contact between the mother/parent and the infant right from birth. Or carrying out a skill-building activity aiming to better help mothers and parents recognize and respond to infant cues. Not only is this strategy referring the nursing dyad to community resources for breastfeeding/chestfeeding support, but also working in partnership with the community to bring breastfeeding/chestfeeding support services within easy reach.
As an example, building cooperation and partnership with support groups may be enhanced by:
Assuring a warm welcome to a community volunteer peer supporter to a facility implementation team meeting
Participating in a highly regarded educational event—and use the opportunity to talk with a few volunteers present at the event.
Establishing contact with the lead person from various settings to become familiar with the contents of the services that are offered. Even to consider how to find an efficient way to provide information on the services to the families.
Commonly, enhancing partnership with the community may enhance habitual referencing, supporting the continuum of care, and in turn enhance positive, responsive mother/parent-infant interaction. (2)
In essence, action can have lasting positive effects on family relationships which may consequently serve as a model for parents to be, down the road. And make for comfortable enjoyable journeying. Whatever the mode of transportation. Wherever the destination is.
May your journey be a transport of joy.
Manon Campagna, IBCLC
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References
World Health Organization. (2021). Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021-2025.
(2) World Health Organization. (2020). Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital initiative: 2018 implementation guidance: frequently asked questions.
Inspired from: World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). (2018). Guideline: counselling of women to improve breastfeeding practices.
World Health Organization. (2022). WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: executive summary.
Inspired by Abstract: Clark, A., Baker, S. S., McGirr, K., & Harris, M. (2018). Breastfeeding peer support program increases breastfeeding duration rates among middle-to high-income women. Breastfeeding Medicine, 13(2), 112-115.
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This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://step2education.com (the "Site").
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as Device Information."
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
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- "Web beacons," "tags," and "pixels" are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information."
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When we talk about "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about Device Information, Order Information and Student Access Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
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- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use Student Access Information to provide accurate tracking to Users and Clients on completion and use of the courses, as well as for analysis on how to improve our services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
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When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information and Student Access Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. We are required to keep course completion records for at least 5 years in order to comply with certain accreditation requirements.
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Last Updated: September 2018