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2017 IN State Breastfeeding Conference

February 16, 2017

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Indiana State Department of Health
presents
The Indiana State Breastfeeding Conference

 

 

WHEN:  
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Check-in opens at 7:30am

WHERE:
502 East Event Centre (Map)
502 East Carmel Drive
Carmel, Indiana 46032

COST:
$30 per person (Visa & Master Card accepted)
(includes light breakfast and luncheon)

 

AGENDA:
7:30am                         Registration/Check-in opens
8:30am                        Opening Remarks; ISDH Highlights
9-10:15am                   Panel: Supporting breastfeeding through underserved populations
10:15-10:30am            BREAK
10:30am-12pm           Keynote speaker Shakira Henderson: Breastfeeding
12:00-1:15pm             Luncheon featuring Jon Colby: Teambuilding
1:15-2pm                    Pulaski's Journey to Baby-Friendly Designation
2-3pm                        Plenary speaker Shakira Henderson: Safe Sleep
3-3:15PM                   BREAK
3:15-4:15pm             Panel: Family Friendly Businesses
4:15pm                     Closing Remarks

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Shakira Henderson PhD(c), DNP, MS, MPH, RNC-NIC, IBCLC is a nurse researcher at Vidant Medical Center in North Carolina.  Her roles include leading, supporting and facilitating nursing and health sciences research.  Her major focus has been on breastfeeding.  She has been recognized by several professional organizations for her work.  In 2014 she won the Greater Miami Chamber of commerce health care hero award and the 203 FIU Path award.  Ms. Henderson’s nursing support model for breastfeeding in the NICU has won her many awards – National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Leadership Award, South Miami Hospital Patient Educator of the Year Award, the Cherokee Comfort Inspired Award, the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award, and most recently Association of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) Clinical Practice Excellence Award. She is a 2012 Sigma Theta Tau International Maternal-Child Health Leadership Fellow. Her project was focused on strategies to implement the ten steps to successful breastfeeding in the acute care setting.

Jon M. Colby has been teaching, performing, and directing improv professionally since 1998. He began his career at ComedySportz Indianapolis where he remains an active member. He completed the prestigious Conservatory Program at Second City in Chicago and has taken workshops with several improv gurus, including Mick Napier, Norm Holly, and Michael Gelman. Jon’s passion for teaching keeps him busy, creating and implementing curriculum for various corporations, theatres, colleges, high schools, and nonprofits.  Jon attributes most of his success to luck and his lack of desire to memorize lines! 

Kathy Detweiler, BSN, RN is the ISDH Maternal and Child Health Breastfeeding and Perinatal Coordinator.  She has over 20 years of expereience in obstetric nursing, with roles in patient care, leadership, and staff education.  With the implementation of the Perinatal Hospital Standards, she and her fellow surveyors identified that there are opportunities to coordinate the breastfeeding efforts of passionate people from around the state to have a collective impact towards reducing the infant mortality rate.  She is now working with partners such as birthing hospitals, WIC, IN-AAP, and the Indiana Breastfeedign Coalition to improve statewide breastfeeding awareness, education, and outcomes.  

HOTEL SLEEPING ROOMS:  
A small block of hotel rooms are available at the nearby Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel, 11925 North Meridian Street, Carmel, Indiana 46032.  Rate is $155.00 + tax per night.  Reservations may be made by calling the Renaissance reservation line: 1 800 468-3571  OR  1 317 816-0777 
Reservations must be made by Friday, January 20, 2017 in order to receive the reduced rate. 
 

CANCELLATION POLICY:  
Registration fees will not be refunded.  You may substitute another person to attend in your stead if someone who has not already registered is available to do so.  Notification of this substitution must be made in writing to:  tina@mahernevents.com

 

Questions?  julie@mahernevents.com OR tina@mahernevents.com

 

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