NLCA 2024 Winter Workshop:  Ethics in Lactation

February 27, 2024

1-4 PM EST

1:00-2:30            Genae Strong PhD, APN, CNM, RNC-OB, IBCLC, RLC, CNE

          Implications for using standardized lactation language: The good, the bad, and the ugly

2:30-3:15            Ario Pierre-Sutton IBCLC

          Ethics in Lactation: The Roles and Responsibilities of the Mentor and Mentee

3:13-4:00            Claire Eden BA, IBCLC

          Documentation of Lactation Care: The Value and Ethics of Collaboration

Center for Lactation Equity
“The Center”

NLCA awards 2022 scholarship from its Center for Lactation Equity

NLCA is pleased to announce the award of its 2022 scholarship from its Center for Lactation Equity. In her own words:

My name is Kamisha Walker of Jacksonville, NC. I am privileged to be selected as an NLCA Center for Lactation Equity Scholarship recipient. This scholarship aims to improve diversity in the breastfeeding industry by increasing access to and the number of lactation consultants of color. I take satisfaction in having received this honor as an African American woman. I am grateful and appreciative for this chance to be awarded access to the educational review program that Lactation Education Resources offers. I will use this benefit as I prepare for the upcoming IBCLE exam.

Mission:
The mission of the NLCA Center for Lactation Equity is to advance health equity by increasing families’ access to clinical lactation consultant professionals (IBCLC®) in the United States and cultivating a culture of diversity and inclusion within the IBCLC® profession.

Vision:
Equity in the field of clinical lactation care by elimination of barriers to achieving the IBCLC® credential and availability for families to access culturally appropriate care from those in their communities.

Center for Lactation Equity:
Achieving our vision requires work to increase access to scholarships, resources, education, and mentors for candidates for the IBCLC® credential to receive the needed didactic and clinical training to develop their skills. We work towards the promotion of the credential in the marketplace, and empowering professionals who hold the IBCLC® credential to thrive and to achieve recognition for their clinical lactation care expertise on the health care team in hospitals, clinics and in a variety of community settings. We work towards strategies that will build an inclusive lactation community that understands, appreciates, and values equity, diversity, and cultural humility.

Our goals include:

  • Construct a forum that promotes engagement in the essential work of improving health equity, diversity, and inclusion in the lactation community.
  • Remove barriers to access to the lactation consultant (IBCLC®) profession.
  • Increase community awareness for the need for lactation consultants (IBCLC®) from diverse populations.
  • Increase access to culturally appropriate care from lactation consultants (IBCLC®) representing their cultural community
  • Identify opportunities to enhance the number of mentors available for aspiring lactation consultants (IBCLC®) from diverse populations.
  • Increase awareness in the marketplace of the need for culturally appropriate clinical lactation care.
  • Promote development of training programs in institutions of higher education where students have access to financial aid and receive a degree on completion of their studies in clinical lactation care.
  • Promote consistent reimbursement by third party payers including Medicaid.

If you are interested in joining our Center, please visit our contact page to share your contact information and to express your interest. Thank you.