lactation

Congratulations to Dr. Jill Demirci for receiving the Diversity in Curriculum Award! Dr. Demirci received this award for her curriculum on frontloading lactation with an equity focus to offer undergraduate nursing students a practical and low-pressure learning setting. The course introduces fundamental lactation knowledge, fostering critical thinking and enhancing nursing management skills. The goal is to heighten awareness, comfort, and familiarity among students regarding lactation support for diverse patient groups.

Despite high uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, Dr. Jill Demirci and her team found that many participants held concerns about safety and that many reported a lack of direct counseling from providers around lactation. Future research should investigate how variability in provider counseling affects SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake in perinatal populations.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37009722/

Dr. Jill Demirci and her team researched Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy of pregnant and recently pregnant people, finding that among this group safety concerns persisted, with many reporting a lack of direct counseling from providers.

Learn more about their findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37009722/

In a recent study, faculty members Dr. Jill Demirci and Dr. Lisa Bodnar provide the first evidence of acceptability and effectiveness of telelactation-delivered antenatal milk expression.

Learn more about their findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36927811/

Dr. Jill Demirci conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a telelactation-delivered antenatal milk expression (AME) education intervention, providing evidence of acceptability & effectiveness of telelactation-delivered AME.

Read more here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019405/

In this review article, Dr. Janet Catov and her team describe CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) studies for each reproductive milestone (contraception, PCOS, pregnancy, GDM, preterm delivery, hypertensive disorders of #pregnancy, preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, lactation, breast/chest feeding, menopause, reproductive aging, infertility, and hot flashes).

Read more here : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36847077/