Promoting Healthy Mothers & Babies Through the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in New Hampshire

Dartmouth Medical Center Lebanon, New Hampshire

Promoting, Protecting, and Supporting Breastfeeding in New Hampshire
The NH Breastfeeding Task Force and the NH Department of Health and Human Services WIC Nutrition Program present the 21st annual health professionals breastfeeding conference.

Featured Speakers:
Cindy Turner‐Maffei, MA, IBCLC, is the national coordinator of Baby‐Friendly USA, implementing the UNICEF Baby‐Friendly Hospital Initiative in the United States. She has extensive experience as a nutritionist and breastfeeding educator in WIC and other Maternal Child Health programs. Cindy is a member of breastfeeding coalitions on the local, state and national level, including the US Breastfeeding Committee. She is an author of numerous publications including The Pocket Guide for Lactation Management, Breastfeeding A ‐ Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage, Case Studies in Breastfeeding, Maternal and Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding and Human Lactation and Reclaiming Breastfeeding for the United States.

Kathleen A. Marinelli MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP, is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and is a neonatologist and Director of Lactation Support Services at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Breastfeeding and since 2000 as the AAP Connecticut Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator. She also serves as the Medical Director for the New England Mother’s Milk Bank.