Aims:

To provide an updated and evidence-based breastfeeding knowledge and skills to health care professionals with practical skills in order to prevent and manage breastfeeding problems that helps the breastfeeding mothers to continue breastfeeding

Objectives:

• To provide updated knowledge and skills to prevent breastfeeding problems such as blocked duct, breast pain and mastitis.
• To early identify and manage the breastfeeding problems using appropriate assessment with intervention
• To provide knowledge on appropriate diet for breastfeeding mothers, and their infants after weaning
• To provide updated knowledge on assessing the growth of the infant
• To provide knowledge on Chinese Medicine in supporting the health of the breastfeeding mothers during “doing the month

Seminar 1 [13:30-14:30]

中醫對21世紀坐月飲食建議與哺乳常見問題處理(包括乳腺炎、缺乳)

Seminar 2 [14:30-15:30]

Revising the use of weight in breast feeding infants to interpret nutritional status

Seminar 3 [15:30-16:30]

Cancer prevention from early life and breast feeding