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Skin-to-skin care in Premies?

October 2016

Autonomous control of thermoregulation is one of the most common concerns by health care professionals during the use of skin-to-skin care (SSC).  SSC has been shown, in full term infants, to reduce hypothermia in multiple studies, but concern rises when the infant is in the preterm period.  In a 2016 study of 90 infants born between 32 weeks 0 days and 34 weeks 6 days, the results suggest that early SSC in the delivery room for these infants may be feasible and safe.

Read more: Skin-to-skin care in Premies?

Can Breast Pumps Cause Problems?

September 2016

Today, I want to bring back a 2014 journal article discussing breast pumps, maternal factors, problems and injuries. In the US, breast pumps are very much a part of the breastfeeding experience, and many new mothers believe they must have a pump. Even the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") emphasizes this need by mandating that insurance companies provide a pump to every new mother.

However, there are no federal regulations to determine what is a "good" or effective pump, and like many of you, I am seeing a huge influx of very substandard and worrisome breast pumps on the market. Mothers should not be expected to be the experts on pumps, and should definitely not be subjected to pumps that could cause problems and lead to premature weaning of their infant.

Read more: Can Breast Pumps Cause Problems?

Providing SAFE Skin-to-skin care

August 2016

I recently learned of two infant deaths in the first 24 hours post-delivery, with both occurring while the infants were in skin-to-skin care with their mothers.  Many of those involved and within the various hospital systems wanted to immediately blame it on the skin-to-skin.  However, both cases involved high-risk factors which most likely played a part in the fatalities.  Maternal obesity, use of magnesium sulfate before and after delivery, use of narcotic medications during labor, and infrequent checks on the dyads while in skin-to-skin care.

Read more: Providing SAFE Skin-to-skin care

Milk Flow Rates

August 2016

The July/August 2016 issue of MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing presents an eye-opening study testing the milk flow rates and variability in flow rates of bottle nipples used after hospital discharge.  As many of you can probably substantiate, infants who are fed by bottle early on can prefer the faster flow that takes less effort on their part.  This action can then lead to mothers not meeting their own self-set breastfeeding goals.  Here in the US, a large majority of new mothers must return to outside employment after delivery, some as early as 2 weeks and most by 3 months.

Read more: Milk Flow Rates

Crib Bumper Pads

July 2016

Here in the United States, the push to completely ban bed-sharing or co-sleeping, co-bedding, and the like is going full force. This provides a great deal of controversy on many levels, and concerns are being voiced about the increase in very unsafe sleeping arrangements. Sofa, recliner chairs, cribs filled with pillows, blankets, toys and bumper pads are posing new risks to the babies who are no longer in close proximity of their breastfeeding mother.

Read more: Crib Bumper Pads

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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:

  • "Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • "Log files" track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • "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."

  • Users who are undertaking a course as part of a group or organization have certain data tracked as part of the service we provide to Clients and Facilitators. This includes information showing if you have logged in and when, dates of completion and what and when particular study topics, resources and assessments were viewed and completed. We refer to this information as "Student Access Information"

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:

  • Communicate with you;
  • 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).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, with your employer who needs to verify your completion or progress of your studies. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative's ("NAI") educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site's data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

DATA RETENTION

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.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@step2education.com or by mail using the details provided below:

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Last Updated: September 2018