Regional learning sessions were held in both Raleigh and in Winston Salem for registered teams from 26 hospitals across North Carolina who are committed to increasing the number of mother/baby dyads who exclusively breastfeed in the maternity stay. Teams worked to create plans to test activities believed to be potentially better practices when they returned home. Didactic sessions were led by Miriam Labbok, MD and Emily Taylor, MPH who are leading the initiative with Angela Pittman, RN, MSN. In each of the regional meetings, family faculty spoke with the teams about the experience of care. While testing new ways of delivering care, nurses are continuing to collect information about care practices and processes during the maternity stay. These teams are meeting monthly during the active phase of the initiative and sharing what’s working as well as what’s not working, offering each other support and reflection on activities and data collection.
