HBFI Celebrating 25 Years - Supporting the Formula Fed Infant: Informed Decision Making
Wed, Feb 12
|Zoom webinar
This is a 2.5 hour course that explores the Baby-Friendly Initiative and how it supports and protects all types of infant feeding, including formula feeding. ALL HBFI COURSES IN 2025 HAVE REDUCED PRICING IN CELEBRATION OF HBFI'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Zoom webinar
About the event
Course Overview:
· 2.5 hour course
· 7:00 – 9:30 pm
· CERPs have not been applied for
· Pre-requisite: None
Facilitator: Kathy O'Grady - RN, IBCLC
Participants: Health care workers looking for information about partial or complete formula feeding.
Goals and Objectives: To provide factual and scientific information about infant formula in order to provide knowledgeable support for families to make informed infant feeding decisions without any commercial/financial interest or product promotion.
Course Content:
A Brief History of Infant Feeding
· An interesting look at infant foods and feeding equipment
· Social influences and infant feeding decisions
Infant Formula: the product and the process
· Composition and manufacturing process
Global and National strategies to protect infant health
· The updated BFHI (2017): the approach towards non-breastfeeding families
· How the WHO Code influences the quality and safety of artificial baby foods for the protection of infants and young children
· Codex Alimentarius
· Health Canada recommendations
Caring for the Formula Fed Infant
· What should be considered when making a decision
· Cue based responsive feeding and optimal outcomes
· Recognizing issues: sensitivities and discomforts
· Finding resources and support
Registration is not complete until payment has been received. Courses are held virtually on Zoom
Tickets
Supporting the Formula Infant
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