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🎉Today was a big day for
#breastfeeding
families in Kansas and those who support them! Thank you
@GovLauraKelly
for officially proclaiming August "Kansas Breastfeeding Month."
@KDHE
@OSheaforKansas
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Thank you
@GovLauraKelly
for proclaiming August "Kansas Breastfeeding Month"! 🌻🤱🏽🌻🤱🏿🌻🤱🏻Thank you to our partners who made today extra special!
@KDHE
@KCCTF
@dinah_sykes
@OSheaforKansas
@MelissaRooker
@jennxwenn
@BandyBrenda
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#Breastfeeding
is the single most effective nutrition intervention to save children’s lives.
#March4Nutrition
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When it comes to giving babies the healthiest start to life, breastfeeding is unmatched. But too many women face too many barriers to breastfeeding. This must change.
#breastfeeding
#NBM22
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"The research is clear. Breastfeeding is one of only a handful of things a person can do over their lifetime to lower their risk of breast cancer."
@KDHE
@Bf_USA
Photo Source:
@USbreastfeeding
#BreastfeedingIsCancerPrevention
#BreastCancerAwareness
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#Breastfeeding
is the single most effective nutrition intervention to save children’s lives.
#March4Nutrition
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Even though breastfeeding saves lives, only 44% of babies are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months. With proper support, more mothers can reach their breastfeeding goals.
We must
#NourishTheFuture
. Learn more:
#March4Nutrition
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Congratulations! 🎉 The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) is pleased to award Sherman County Health Department the Gold Level Breastfeeding Employee Support Award in recognition of your support for your breastfeeding employees.
#breastfeeding
#kansas
@SHCOHEALTH
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Among all infants, Black infants had a significantly lower rate of exclusive breastfeeding at age 3 mon (39.3%) than did White infants (50.6%); at age 6 mon, rates of any breastfeeding were 49.3% among Black infants/60.0% among White infants. Source: CDC
@BlkMamasMatter
#BMHW22
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Breastmilk fuels brain development, protects against disease and illness and sets a child upon a path toward better health and a more prosperous future.
#NBM22
#breastfeeding
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Thank you,
@GovLauraKelly
, for declaring August 2023 "Kansas Breastfeeding Month!"
#ksleg
#breastfeeding
#Kansas
#NBM23
#NationalBreastfeedingMonth
@KDHE
@umhealthfund
@USbreastfeeding
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#Kansas
@GovLauraKelly
highlights the importance of
#breastfeeding
with new proclamation 🌻🤱🏾🌻🤱🏼🌻🤱🏿🌻🤱🏽🌻
#NBM22
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Excited to be with people passionate about public health in
#Kansas
!
@KSPublicHealth
#KPHACONF22
#BreastfeedingIsPublicHealth
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Breastfeeding has big benefits for moms too.
While
#breastfeeding
provides nutrients to support the growth of babies, studies show that some cancers, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure are less common among women who breastfeed.
#March4Nutrition
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Kansas ranks 11th in the US for babies being exclusively breastfed for 6 mos! Up from 27th. Thanks for the new data
@CDCgov
! More details in our "State of Breastfeeding in Kansas" report coming out later today.
@kprkoranda
@KHIorg
@KansasAction
@KDHE
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@WHOWPRO
: 🤱🏿🤱🤱🏾🤱🏻🤱🏽🤱🏼
Breast milk provides the perfect source of early nutrition for babies.
We all can support
#breastfeeding
mothers to breastfeed ANYWHERE!
📹
@UNICEF
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KBC Executive Director Brenda Bandy participated today at USBC 2023 National Breastfeeding Conference and Convening. 🌻
@USbreastfeeding
@BandyBrenda
#NBCC23
#Kansas
#Breastfeeding
#USBCconference
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Save the dates! We can't wait to see everyone again at the Kansas 2022 Breastfeeding Conference in Wichita on Oct. 13 and 14. Registration opens in August.
#KBCCON2022
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After 2 years we're out and about! At the KS Governor's Public Health Conference!
@KDHE
@BandyBrenda
#GPHC
#KSPublicHealth
#BreastfeedingIsPublicHealth
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations, KBC Past-Chair Stephanne Rupnicki, for being elected to the USBC Board of Directors!!
@USbreastfeeding
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We're ready! Let's do this
#KSPublicHealth
! Stop by our booth at the Governor's Public Health Conference.
#GPHC2023
#BreastfeedingIsPublicHealth
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DYK? Moms with access to state paid leave programs are more like to
#breastfeed
& less likely to experience postpartum depression.
#PaidLeaveForAll
is a public health issue, plain and simple.
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The State of Breastfeeding in Kansas 2023 is now available with data from the CDC just released this morning. Click here:
#wbw
#wbw2023
#worldbreastfeedingweek
#nbm2023
#nationalbreastfeedingmonth
#breastfeeding
#Kansas
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@lizmayessex
: Women who had more than one child & breastfed each of their babies for 2 years or more lowered their risk of heart disease by 18% and their risk of stroke by a similar amount
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Congratulations! The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) is pleased to award the City of Garden City
@CityofGCKS
the Gold Level Breastfeeding Employee Support Award in recognition of your support for your breastfeeding employees.
#breastfeeding
#ksbreastfeeding
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American Academy of Pediatrics Calls for More Support for Breastfeeding Mothers Within Updated Policy Recommendations
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@WHO
: Breastfeeding the best start any mom can give her child.
🤱🏻🤱🏿🤱🏼🤱🏽🤱🏾
That’s why WHO is supporting efforts to help moms to breastfeed anytime, anywhere
We are encouraging everyone to do their part to support
#breastfeeding
mothers.
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It's Indigenous Milk Medicine Week! Click the link below for ideas and inspiration.
#IndigenousMilkMedicineWeek
#indigenousmilkmedicine
#NBM22
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It was great to hear from
#PaidLeave
experts Vicki Shabo, Jake McDonald, and Cassandra Gomez. Thank you to
@First1000DaysKS
for organizing this Round Table!
@VShabo
@ABetterBalance
@NPWF
@umhealthfund
Thank you to everyone who participated in today's First Fridays Round Table discussion about Paid Family Leave. We are so excited to work with you to make this a reality for families in
#Kansas
!
#First1000DaysKS
@VShabo
@NewAmerica
@ABetterBalance
@NPWF
@PaidLeaveforAll
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Join
@BlkMamasMatter
and
@ABetterBalance
on Oct 10th at 12 p.m. CT for a discussion on the barriers Black mothers face in the workplace, and the journey to win protections for workers at the federal level.
Register:
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Breastfeeding is unmatched for both mom and baby! 👶🏽 For babies: breastmilk is protection from illness and disease, now and in the future. 🤱🏽 For moms: breastfeeding protects from high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.
#breastfeeding
#NBM22
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Gotta love a conference with a lactation room!
@KSPublicHealth
#KPHACONF22
#BreastfeedingIsPublicHealth
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This bill would extend protection to breastfeeding workers too!
#PWFA
#ProtectPregnantWorkers
No one should be forced to choose between their paycheck and maintaining a healthy pregnancy; we must pass the PWFA now to ensure pregnant workers can access the simple but medically necessary accommodations they need.
#ProtectPregnantWorkers
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More than 30% of Kansas births are covered by KanCare. Thank you
@GovLauraKelly
and members of
#ksleg
for ensuring that KS mothers receive postpartum coverage for a full year after delivery. This change will improve future health outcomes for mothers & families across the state.
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Happy
#NativeAmericanHeritageDay
! KBC is committed to addressing racial disparities in
#breastfeeding
including those that affect our Native American Communities.
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Just another day at the office! Exhibiting at the League of
#Kansas
Municipalities annual conference. 26 KS cities have the "
#Breastfeeding
Employee Support Award". Stop by & see the list! 📜
@LeagueKSMunis
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"Let's celebrate, support, promote, and protect our Indigenous Milk Medicine!"
Stephanne Rupnicki,
@PBPNation
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, Leader & Co-Founder of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Breastfeeding Coalition, and KBC Chair
#IndigenousMilkMedicineWeek
#IMMW
#NBM21
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Congratulations to Stephanne Rupnicki who received the
@USBreastfeeding
Tribal Trailblazer Award today in DC for her work as the first Breastfeeding Peer Counselor for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Stephanne is amazing!!
@PBPNation
#NBCC19
@KDHE
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@lalecheleague
:
#Breastfeeding
is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health & survival. If breastfeeding were scaled up to near universal levels, about 820 000 child lives would be saved every year.
10 facts on
#breastfeeding
from the
@WHO
?
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Thanks to
@KStateSports
for working with KBC to design a state-of-the-art Mothers Room in the south concourse of Bill Snyder Family Stadium! Now nursing parents can watch the game without worrying about finding a place to feed their babies.
@KStateFB
@KState
#breastfeeding
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Thanks again,
@GovLauraKelly
for proclaiming August Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Kansas! Here's the official photo.
#WBW2019
#NBM19
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At the Kansas Capitol today. This still makes me smile!
@BandyBrenda
@GovLauraKelly
@First1000DaysKS
#LactationRooms
@KansasAction
@john_c_wilson
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Don't miss "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Trauma and Breastfeeding" with KBC Chair Stephanne Rupnicki on April 29 at 12:30 p.m. CT. Click below to register. Hosted by
@USbreastfeeding
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Not only is
#breastfeeding
a lifesaving intervention for babies – it also facilitates economic gains.
#March4Nutrition
Learn more from
@aliveandthrive
’s
#CostOfNotBreastfeeding
tool ➡️
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Congratulations! The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) is pleased to award Sedgwick County Health Department the Gold Level Breastfeeding Employee Support Award in recognition of your support for your breastfeeding employees.
@SedgwickCounty
#breastfeeding
#ksbreastfeeding
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KBC's First 1,000 Days Kansas program is building a movement to reset systems so all families thrive during the first 1000 days, from pregnancy to the child's 2nd birthday. Please follow
@First1000DaysKS
and join us!
#First1000DaysKS
#ksleg
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4
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KBC is thrilled to announce that
@GovLauraKelly
has proclaimed August as "National Breastfeeding Month" in Kansas. This proclamation recognizes the importance of breastfeeding for the health and well-being of Kansans.
@KDHE
#NBM21
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TODAY: KBC Chair Stephanne Rupnicki will be joining a LIVE panel discussions to raise awareness on breastfeeding in Native, AANHPI, and Black communities on August 9 at 12 pm CT.
@natwicassoc
@1000Days
#NBM22
RSVP here:
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WOW! We couldn't love the cover of the the newly released CDC 2020 Breastfeeding Report Card more! It features Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition's very own chair-elect, Stephanne Rupnicki!
#Breastfeeding
#KansasProud
😍
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Idea
#1
: Lactation room at every conference, Idea
#2
: Babies-in-arms policy. All advertised in advance so parents can plan. We've been doing this for yrs. Moms appreciate it & we benefit from having them at our conferences. A win-win-win! (Baby wins too!)
At
@NAEYC
#PPF19
and am inspired by Nina from
@MomsRising
sharing insights about storytelling to a room of 350 people while wearing her 4 month old. Wondering how
@KansasAction
and other KS orgs can create more family friendly advocacy events at
#ksleg
and in communities. Ideas?
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Thank you to our partners who joined us today to celebrate August as "Kansas
#Breastfeeding
Month!
@dinah_sykes
@MelissaRooker
@jennxwenn
@KDHE
@Ashleygoss8
@KCCTF
@Logatron98
@BandyBrenda
#NMB22
🎉Today was a big day for
#breastfeeding
families in Kansas and those who support them! Thank you
@GovLauraKelly
for officially proclaiming August "Kansas Breastfeeding Month."
@KDHE
@OSheaforKansas
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Just released! The 2022 State of Breastfeeding in Kansas report is now available with new data from this morning.
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@LaLecheLeagueUS
: Talking openly about your postpartum experiences can combat feelings of isolation and shame. If you are worried about your mood, please speak to your healthcare provider. Read more at
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Teachers are among the 60% of women without basic accommodations and break time to pump. It's time to pass the PUMP Act.
#breastfeeding
#worldteacherday2022
#PUMPAct
@JerryMoran
@RogerMarshallMD
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#Breastfeeding
parents who are vaccinated for COVID-19 pass antibodies to protect their newborns, research shows.
#ResearchMatters
#parenting
@URMed_GCH
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@LaLecheLeagueUS
: Let's shout it for the people in the back, BREASTMILK IS AMAZING!
Helps a sick baby recover? Yes!
Helps a baby to sleep? Yes!
Helps create a healthy microbiome? Yes!
#breastmilkmagic
#breastfeeding
#breastfeedingbenefits
#science
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4
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If you are
#breastfeeding
, talk with your healthcare provider about the
#COVID
vaccination. Recent studies indicate the MRNA vaccine is not found in the breast milk but the antibodies are passed through for your baby.
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Excited to be here because early childhood includes breastfeeding. Can't wait to put our sticky notes on the strategic plan boards to integrate
#breastfeeding
support in the early childhood strategic plan.
#allinforkids
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Thank you for today's tour of the new Mothers' Room at the Topeka Library!📚👏
@TopekaLibrary
@cityoftopeka
#breastfeeding
#humanmilkfeeding
#Kansas
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Congratulations! The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) is pleased to designate the Sherman County Health Department as a Breastfeeding Friendly Local Health Department in recognition of your support for
#breastfeeding
families.
Learn more here:
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Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Board Members and Staff spent a productive and inspiring weekend at the beautiful, historic Elgin Hotel in Marion, Kansas. Thank you
@KMonkMorgan
, for facilitating our strategic planning work!
@HistoricElgin
#breastfeeding
#Kansas
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@1000Days
: What health and
#nutrition
build in the first 1,000 days lasts for a person’s whole life.
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👋We're at the Capitol today for Early Learning Advocacy Day and the Medicaid Expansion Rally.
@ExpandKanCare
#ExpandKanCare
#ksleg
#Kansas
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Congratulations Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department for receiving the USDA Gold Premier WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence! 1 of only 97 local WIC agencies to receive this award. 🤱🏾🌻🤱🏼🌻🤱🏿🌻🤱🏽🌻🤱🏻🌻
#KansasProud
@LDCHEALTH
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Save the dates! Oct 14-15 & 28-29 for the online 2021 Kansas Breastfeeding Conference. This year’s theme is Create... Create Legacy, Create Equity, Create Community. Look for registration in August. Don't miss this!
#breastfeeding
#kansas
#ksbreastfeeding
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@1000Days
: From the very beginning,
#breastfeeding
provides infants with optimal nutrition. Breastmilk is packed with antibodies, stem cells & other unique properties that build babies’ immunity.
#March4Nutrition
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Recent reports have shown that
#breastfeeding
people who have received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have antibodies in their breastmilk, which could help protect their babies. Learn more:
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August is nearly here which means it's almost time to celebrate National Breastfeeding Month!
#NBM21
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Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2022. Thanks for all that you do for families in Kansas.
#HappyNewYear
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🎉Congratulations to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for becoming the newest Baby-Friendly Hospital! They are the 8th hospital in Kansas to be awarded this designation. Now 56.8% of babies in Kansas are born in a Baby-Friendly Hospital!
@lmhorg
@BabyFriendlyUSA
@KDHE
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@FmlyValuesWork
: When we
#SavePaidLeave
, we save lives – allowing workers and their loved ones to access necessary treatment, recover from illness, combat COVID, and stay healthy. We need
#PaidLeaveForAll
so workers and their families can
#BuildBackBetter
.
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Congratulations! The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition is pleased to upgrade the City of Wichita from the Silver to the Gold Level Breastfeeding Employee Support Award in recognition of your support for your breastfeeding employees.
#breastfeeding
@CityofWichita
@BWhippleKS
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Breastfeeding outcomes are positively associated with breastfeeding hospital practices
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Thank you for your support of breastfeeding in school districts!
@KASBTopeka
August is Breastfeeding Month. KASB has suggested policies for school boards
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This is a challenging time for families who rely on infant formula. KBC has a new webpage with resources and recommendations to support pregnant and postpartum families, healthcare providers, and community members during this critical time.
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Our Co-ED
@BandyBrenda
doing what she loves! Talking with HR professionals at
#KSSHRM22
about workplace lactation accommodations. 🥰🌻
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Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition recognizes that adults need healthcare to be the best parents for their babies. We supports expansion of Medicaid in Kansas.
#ExpandKanCare
#ExpandMedicaid
#ksleg
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KBC is pleased to offer 2022 Mini-Grants! Local
#breastfeeding
coalitions in Kansas are invited to submit proposals for up to $2,000 to fund activities that will improve breastfeeding rates. Deadline to apply is April 4.
Click here for details:
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Too many Black babies are dying. Birth workers in Kansas fight to keep them alive
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Enjoying a day talking with child care providers about
#breastfeeding
at Camp GWC in Wichita! Talk
@ChildStartICT
@BandyBrenda
#BreastfeedingIsEarlyLearning
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The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition is committed to addressing racial disparities in breastfeeding. We strive to use an “equity lens” to inform and guide our work and an “equity mirror” to examine our internal structures, culture and policies.
Resources:
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Congratulations,
@CityofWichita
! Today the Community Supporting Breastfeeding Plus Proclamation was read. L-R: Becky Tuttle, Commissioner; Brenda Bandy; Cara Gerhardt, Gwen Whittit; Mayor Brandon Whipple; and Kris Nicholson.
@BWhippleKS
Learn more:
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The KBC Summer Road Trip continued today in Leavenworth at Meriwether's. L-R in 1st pic: Natalie Washington, Jody Hammerschmit, Brenda Bandy (KBC Co-ED) and Vicki Valencia.
#breastfeeding
#Kansas
#RoadTrip
#KBCRoadTrip
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN for our virtual breastfeeding conference! Join
#breastfeeding
supporters across Kansas online each day October 27-30, 8:30 am- 12 pm CT. Attend the full conference or just the days that work for you. Registration and details:
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The Kansas 2023 Breastfeeding Conference has officially kicked off! Thank you to the presenters, attendees, sponsors and exhibitors! If you’re here, please post your pics with
#KBCCon2023
.
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Congratulations! The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) is pleased to award Kalmar Solutions, LLC of Ottawa, KS the Bronze Level Breastfeeding Employee Support Award in recognition of your support for your breastfeeding employees.
#breastfeeding
#kansas
#ksbreastfeeding
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"Let's celebrate, support, promote, and protect our Indigenous Milk Medicine!"
Stephanne Rupnicki,
@PBPNation
Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, Leader & Co-Founder of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Breastfeeding Coalition, and KBC Chair
#IndigenousMilkMedicineWeek
#IMMW
#NBM21
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@SDBreastfeeding
has expanded its free breastfeeding support warmline to multiple languages. They are now serving community members in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, Korean, Arabic, French, Haitian, Somali with more languages being added in the future!
#breastfeeding
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Registration is OPEN for The Kansas 2022 Breastfeeding Conference. We are so excited to see everyone in person on October 13-14 in Wichita!
#breastfeeding
#kansas
#KBCCON2022
Click here:
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KBC was excited to connect with partners yesterday in St. Louis. ♥️
@BirthJusticeKS
@ThriveAllen
#KansasBirthEquity
#ksleg
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@lalecheleague
: Does your baby
#hiccup
sometimes while
#nursing
or after a feeding? Scientists now know hiccups trigger a lot of brain activity in babies. Having hiccups may help babies better coordinate breathing and swallowing!
?
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Breastmilk fuels brain development, protects against disease and illness and sets a child upon a path toward better health and a more prosperous future.
#NBM22
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The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition is committed to addressing racial disparities in
#breastfeeding
. Please visit our list of resources and reach out to us as we work together toward equality in Kansas.
#BBW20
#ReviveRestoreReclaim
#NBM2020
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