Overview
History
Award-winning professional and parent education (American Nurses Assn and NC Nurses Assn awards)
Multi-cultural and inclusive
Training and resources used across USA and in 49 countries
Identified as evidence-based by Healthy Start Epic Center
Training & Resources in English and Spanish
Promote baby-friendly breastfeeding care and ANCC Magnet Recognition goals.
Use family-friendly language, video and case studies to teach about how child development impacts breastfeeding.
Research on HUG Training and Resources
HUG training increases NICU fathers’, Special Care mothers’ and Late Preterm Infant families’ knowledge of infant behavior and their confidence to care for their babies.
HUG teaching reduces maternal postpartum depression and increases parent confidence.
Roadmap course and use of parent resources increase lactation professionals’ confidence and commitment to teaching about child’s development & breastfeeding.
HUG 2-hour course increases nursing students’ knowledge of baby’s behavior and confidence to provide lactation education.
HUG Training and Resources designed for Hospitals
“Preparing Families for the Days and Months Ahead”
Challenges Hospitals, Birth Centers & their staff Face
Short hospital stays
Patients with no or inadequate prenatal breastfeeding education
Diversity of patients' education, culture and family constellations
Importance of HCAHPS patient satisfaction tied to reimbursement
Training of Professionals
(Approved for lactation and nursing credit.)
“Birth, Breastfeeding and Beyond” is a two-hour online course for IBCLCs, childbirth educators, and NICU/L&D/and Postpartum nurses. (Trailer below.)
Parent Education
Parent Handout, The Roadmap to Breastfeeding Success: describes how baby’s changing development (birth to one year) impacts the breastfeeding experience.
“Digital Parent Resource Page” includes:
Roadmap handout with age-appropriate clickable links. Sample links: Why Breastfeed? Birth, Two Weeks, One Month, Four Months
Age-appropriate parent story and HUGs Around the World Lullabies (teach child development and breastfeeding)
Award-winning 18-minute video: Understanding and Caring for Your Newborn (Trailer below.)
Challenges LPIs and their families face
Unprepared parents: 10% of all babies born in the USA are LPIs
Lower breastfeeding rates, increased complications and readmissions
Higher rates of anxiety and depression in LPI parents
Discharging LPI families with information pertinent to full-term babies
Training of Professionals
(Approved for lactation and nursing credit.)
“The Late Preterm Infant” a two-hour online course for IBCLCs, childbirth educators and NICU/L&D/and Postpartum nurses. (Trailer below.)
Parent Education
Parent Handout, Caring for the Early Baby: Read the Signals: describes “Newborn Zones,” “SOS - Signs of Over-Stimulation,” and reading baby’s body language.
“Womb to Room” parent video reviews:
Gestational vs chronological age, struggles with state regulation & Signs of Over-Stimulation (with specific changes in baby’s body and behavior)
Expected breastfeeding challenges and how to build milk supply and monitor caloric intake
Parent care activities that enhance parent-child attachment, lower over-stimulation and promote breastfeeding
“Enhancing Parent and Provider Care of the Late Preterm Infant (LPI)”
Challenges LPIs and their families face
Unprepared parents: 10% of all babies born in the USA are LPIs
Lower breastfeeding rates, increased complications and readmissions
Higher rates of anxiety and depression in LPI parents
Discharging LPI families with information pertinent to full-term babies
Training of Professionals
(Approved for lactation and nursing credit.)
“The Late Preterm Infant” a two-hour online course for IBCLCs, childbirth educators and NICU/L&D/and Postpartum nurses. (Trailer below.)