Influencing Policies for Better Preparedness
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To serve families effectively, emergency response needs to be coordinated among various stakeholders, including emergency managers, healthcare coalitions, and community groups. How do you create those relationships, who is responsible for what, and how do you work together?
In this session, Love Anderson and Jodine Chase share details about how to approach other emergency response organizations as well as ways to communicate better and work together. We cover some disaster response concepts, specific questions pertaining to IYCF-E for each role in emergency response, and an example of a system, the Mother-Baby Unit, that can support families with young children during large-scale emergencies.
Session 11 homework
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Handouts and Links
Resource Lists
- Nourishing Resilience Training main page (North America focus)
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/trainings/nourishing_resilience_virtual/
(You can also search for resources using the search box in the right sidebar) - IYCF-E Core Group (International Focus)
www.ennonline.net/about/infant-and-young-child-feeding-emergencies-iycf-e-resources.
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Thanks to our sponsors
This work is free because these people and organizations paid for it.
Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
A private family foundation dedicated to supporting charitable organizations that align with its mission of giving back. Grants are made only as a result of the Foundation’s own initiative.
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
Provides technical assistance to breastfeeding coalitions and health departments across the US, using the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community. The SAFE Team is a project of BFFC.
In memory of Elsie Perry
Elsie Perry was a founding mother of La Leche League Boston in the 1960s. A gift made in her memory by her daughters funded an eleventh month of this training series.
BabyBjörn
Founded in 1961 and still family-owned, with a mission to make everyday life easier for parents with babies. If your community needs emergency baby gear, reach them at care@babybjorn.com.
Confident Pregnancy
Helps people be healthier, feel more confident, and find their inner strength. Tips for staying calmer and more resilient under stress at MelindaDelisle.substack.com. DBA Melinda Delisle Innovations.
Birthstone Center for Appalachian Perinatal Resilience
Strengthens perinatal health in Western North Carolina by centering families, uplifting birthworkers, and advancing equitable access to lactation, doula and maternal mental health support.
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