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Educating and Empowering Mothers
                 Coming
                                               An enormous effort by caregivers at                                    EmPower training, so they have this
            next month in                    Cleveland Clinic Martin Health is                                        additional skill to support families.”
                                             empowering mothers in their efforts to                                     Beth Hawn, Corporate Director of
             South Florida                   breastfeed their babies.                                                 Maternal Child Nursing at CCMH, calls
                                               One year after incorporating an
            Hospital News                    EmPower initiative at Cleveland Clinic                                   EmPower a game changer for Cleveland
                                                                                                                      Clinic Martin Health. “Having 100% of
          and Healthcare                     Tradition Hospital and Cleveland Clinic                                  all levels of staff complete the online
                                             Martin North Hospital, breastfeeding
                                                                                                                      education, followed by the EmPower
                 Report...                   rates are on the rise.                                                   training and competency, means that we
                                               Lactation  Consultant,  Harmonie                                       are now better able to provide support
                                             Wampler says the EmPower curriculum                                      immediately after birth to all our moms

         • ONCOLOGY UPDATE in                provides tools caregivers need to help                                   who wish to breastfeed.”
           South Florida:                    moms succeed with breastfeeding. “It                                       Another form of support for mothers is
                                             gives us the chance to counsel all our                                   now available at a new Baby Café in
           Innovations and                   nurses on conversations with moms that                                   Stuart. Part of a national program, Baby
           Innovators                        are not always comfortable. We want to   Lactation Consultants Ashley Calderone   Café is a place mothers can gather for
                                             provide the exact same information to   and Harmonie Wampler co-chair the   social support and bring questions to a
         • 2020: A Look Ahead                moms during every conversation.”      EMPower program for Cleveland Clinic   Cleveland Clinic Martin Health lactation
         • Financially Sustaining              Those conversations primarily focus           Martin Health.           consultant, free of charge.
                                             on the benefits of giving only breast milk                                 Wampler says research shows that
            a Healthcare                                                          national agenda to improve health in all
                                             to babies for at least six months.                                       once home, a lot of moms don’t breast-
           Organization or                     Caregivers with direct contact to   communities. The curriculum was devel-  feed as long as they intended to, “So, we
                                                                                  oped at the Carolina Global Breast -
           Practice                          mothers and babies, have completed five   feeding Institute, which is part of the   want to provide that support in the com-
                                             hours of EmPower training since the pro-                                 munity to help them meet their long
         • Healthcare Banking &              gram began in 2018. Since then, exclu-  University of North Carolina, Chapel   term goals.”
                                                                                  Hill.
           Financial Options                 sive breastfeeding rates at Tradition   Ashley Calderone is a Lactation    Tradition Hospital also hosts a breast-
                                             Hospital increased from 48% to 62% and                                   feeding support group, which means
         • Healthcare Recruitment            at Martin North Hospital rates jumped   Consultant and co-chairs the EmPower   Cleveland Clinic Martin Health is deliv-
           & Retention                       from 27% to 47%.                     project with Wampler. She believes   ering community support to mothers in
                                                                                  EmPower training gives caregivers a
                                               The EmPower program is funded in                                       both Martin and St. Lucie counties.
         • Medical IT/Software               part by the Centers for Disease Control   sense of confidence. “We’re looking to   Hawn says it’s important that moms
           Trends                            and Prevention (CDC) because increas-  sustain this program and all new care-  know, once discharged from the hospital,
                                                                                  givers coming in will go through
                                             ing breastfeeding rates is part of the                                   support does not stop there.

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