Annual Conference 2018
The 2018 Annual Conference took place on 15-16 November at ACC Liverpool. Thank you to everyone who attended for making this a wonderful, celebratory event – see below for a selection of slides and audio from the talks.
A full list of speaker abstracts, poster descriptions and exhibitor profiles, as well as updates on new resources and training from Baby Friendly, can be found in our programme below (pdf download).
Speakers
Day 1
- Karin Cadwell – Healthy Children Project, Inc. – The effects of synthetic oxytocin and other birth practices on infant feeding. View Karin’s slides (pdf), and you can also read details of Karin’s latest study into synthetic oxytocin in her guest blog.
- Renée Flacking – Professor, Dalarna University, Sweden – The neonatal environment and the long-term impact of neonatal care. Listen to Renée sharing fascinating insight from her work below.
- Frances Mason – Senior Hunger Policy and Research Advisor, Save the Children – Findings from Save the Children’s report Don’t Push It: Why the formula industry must clean up its act. View Frances’ slides (pdf).
- Janet Calvert – Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland – #notsorrymums: developing and evaluating an advertising campaign in Northern Ireland. Watch the #NotSorryMums campaign video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fis2D3WfurM and you can also view Janet’s slides (pdf) on this page.
- Linda Wolfson – National Maternal & Infant Nutrition Coordinator, Scottish Government – The Scottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey.
- Dr Helen Crawley – Director, First Steps Nutrition Trust – Findings from the APPG Infant Feeding and Inequalities ‘An enquiry into the costs associated with feeding babies in the first year of life’. Access the full report from our news section, and you can also view Helen’s slides here (pdf).
Day 2
- Dr Pura Rayco-Solon, MD MSc PhD – Epidemiologist, Evidence and Programme Guidance, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development – WHO – The rationale and evidence for the new Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. View Pura’s slides (pdf).
- Anna Coonan-Byrom – Senior Midwifery Lecturer and Phd Student, Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit – University of Central Lancashire – Bridging the gap: How Baby Friendly impacts on the local cultures of a maternity unit in the north west of England.
- Kajsa Brimdyr, PhD, CLC – Healthy Children Project, Inc. – Skin-to-skin contact: Moving the conversation on, what have we learned and where do we need to go? Find out more about Kajsa’s research into skin-to-skin contact, including the development of an algorithm mapping optimal skin-to-skin contact after birth.
- Dr Gill Thomson – BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, FHEA, Reader (Associate Professor) in Perinatal Health – University of Central Lancashire – What does the evidence tell us about peer support?
- Dr Wendy Jones – Pharmacist with special interest in the safety of drugs in breastmilk – The relationship between breastfeeding and perinatal mental health. View Wendy’s slides (pdf).
- Kelly Young – Matron, Neonatal Service, Bradford Royal Infirmary – Influencing change on a neonatal unit: The power of the parent’s voice. View Kelly’s slides (pdf).
CERPs
Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) are available for IBCLCs who attended this year’s Baby Friendly Annual Conference, 15-16 November 2018.
Posters
The conference featured a selection of posters from delegates on the latest issues, research and innovations in infant feeding and parent-infant relationships. The document below shows some of the posters featured this year.