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CHAMPS Receives Award at International Pediatric Association Conference!
CHAMPS is delighted to report that our abstract, “CHAMPS: Narrowing the Racial Gap in Maternity Practices in the Southern USA” received a distinguished award at the 28th Congress of the International Pediatric Association in Vancouver, Canada on August 18, 2016! AI/AN CHAMPS Project Manager Kirsten Krane, MS-‐MPH, RDN, CLC presented the abstract on behalf of CHAMPS and was presented with the “Premier Abstract Presenter” award and certificate. The abstract highlighted the work that CHAMPS has been doing with hospitals and communities in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee to improve maternal child health practices, increase breastfeeding rates, and improve compliance with the WHO’s Baby-‐Friendly Hospital Initiative. Among some of its exciting results are the following: Over the last year, breastfeeding rates across the cohort of reporting CHAMPS
hospitals rose from 64% to 72%. Breastfeeding initiation rates in Blacks rose from 50% to 61% and in Whites, from 68% to 76%. Exclusive breastfeeding rose from 32% to 36% (Blacks, 10% to 23%; Whites, 26% to 55%). What’s the best news of all? CHAMPS, a program targeted at improving breastfeeding rates and reducing racial inequity, is showing signs of success at the completion of 1 year of data collection and analysis!
Kirsten Krane with IPA award certificate
CHAMPS abstract poster