Texas Hospital Leadership Meetings
Improving Infant Feeding,
Advancing Maternal Care Practice
Dates:
- August 14 in McAllen at the Casa De Palmas Renaissance Hotel (Agenda)
- August 15 in San Antonio at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel (Agenda)
- August 17 in Houston at the Houston Marriott West Loop by the Galleria (Agenda)
- August 18 in Dallas at the Dallas Marriott City Center (Agenda)
Goal:
Provide the evidence, background and strategies needed to implement changes in evidence- based maternity practices and provoke urgency, partnership and action to improve infant nutrition and maternal-infant care within hospitals and the communities they serve.
Objectives:
- Describe the current climate and culture of breastfeeding improvement work in Texas
- Identify two opportunities to improve the patient care experience
- List three short- and long-term health outcomes for lactating mothers and their babies
- Outline one short-term improvement goal for your facility shown to impact exclusive breastfeeding
Keynote Speakers:
McAllen and San Antonio: Dr. Susan Crowe, Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine Houston and Dallas: Details are being finalized
