For lactation to become a foundation for health promotion globally, adequate and accessible education for healthcare professionals (HCPs) needs to be available (Campbell, 2021). There is a lack of consistent curricular integration of lactation education in undergraduate health curricula (Campbell et al., 2020). An interprofessional team (nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, and medicine) developed open-education-resources related to lactation. These five case-based, open-access modules incorporate evidence-based practices including the Baby Friendly Initiative, trauma-violence informed practice, and motivational interviewing methods for shared decision making. Learners are exposed to a variety of practice settings, including prenatal/ midwifery clinics, hospitals and homes. The scenarios incorporate learning about the anatomy and physiology of lactation, anticipatory guidance, initiation of breastfeeding/chestfeeding after birth, assessment and support of effective feeding and managing common occurrences such as latch, jaundice, and low milk supply. Through navigating common breastfeeding challenges, participants build knowledge to inform their breastfeeding support skills and attitudes. An equity lens is incorporated for practitioners and families so that the educational modules follow both interprofessional and lactation best practices. This concurrent session will introduce participants to resources for HCP learners and practitioners to support foundational knowledge of equitable support of families in their infant feeding journey. http://nursing-sim.sites.olt.ubc.ca/home/lactation/telehealth-simulations/

This talk will address key lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. First, we will explore the fragmented and siloed pandemic response across settings that has consistently overlooked maternal child health and perinatal health with devastating disruptions to lactation. Second, we will investigate the underlying historical and cultural roots of this fragmentation in colonial and neocolonial systems. Finally, we will embark on a new path for achieving an integrated and equitable response for this and future emergencies that places lactation at the center.

humb through any lactation textbook and one fact is glaringly clear: fair-skinned breasts are over-represented. Attempting to reconcile this with the proportion of more deeply pigmented people around the globe leaves one wanting. How are practitioners to learn about the ways in which conditions present on clients of color if they do not see examples? How can people of color trust their practitioners to know and understand how conditions present on their skin if the first time they encounter it is in practice? This session will illuminate the harm that is caused by a lack of diverse imagery in lactation and build the case for a multi-pronged, systemic approach to equipping all IBCLCs to assess and support patients of color.

This presentation will define the concept of respectful, equitable, and supportive inpatient postpartum care. The session will focus on birthing parent accounts and filmed observations of breastfeeding-related experiences on a US postnatal unit. Opportunities for advancing health equity will be outlined, including improving prenatal preparations for the postpartum period, strengthening patient-care team inpatient communication, and restructuring care to be more accommodating, uplifting, and accountable to new families’ needs. Disclosures: Presenter(s) indicated no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Forty years after the International Code on the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes was enacted, much progress has been made as laws and regulations have been passed to implement the Code into national laws. However, violations of the Code are ongoing and pervasive, and prohibited marketing practices are widespread across the globe. This presentation will provide an overview of the Code, and update on the latest evidence on marketing practices and Code implementation.