Session 6 – Homework Summary
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Here is the whole assignment, step by step. Jump straight to any step below, or download the identical material as a printable handout.
- Review Handouts
- Customize Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit
- Learn More About Cup Feeding, Hand Expression, Relactation & Co-Nursing
- Continue (or Start) your Resource List
- Field / Community Experience – RNA with 3 caregivers
- Complete the Evaluation
Finished? Complete the session evaluation.
Additional handouts and resources are at the bottom of this page.
1. Review Handouts
Everything for this session is listed below. New marks a handout you have not seen before; Shared earlier means it appeared in an earlier session.
Handout list
Cup feeding
- Cup Feeding — Quick Reference Guide Shared earlier
- Other Cup Feeding Resources New
Hand expression
- Hand Expression — Quick Reference Guide Shared earlier
- Other Hand Expression Resources New
Relactation
Co-nursing (wet nursing)
Sanitation kits
- SAFE Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit Decision-making Guide New
- DIY Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit Shared earlier
- Bleach Alternative Notes Shared earlier
- Water Filters Meeting WHO Standards Shared earlier
Also referenced in this session
Each name jumps to its card in Handouts, Links & Resources below.
2. Customize Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit
Each area and every emergency are different. This month, put some time into considering how you might want to customize a version of the infant feeding sanitation kit, if it were needed. Using the most common emergency in your area, consider if sanitation kits would be needed and what should go in them.
Use the SAFE Feeding Sanitation Kit Decision-making Guide to help you think through the process.
3. Learn More About Cup Feeding, Hand Expression, Relactation & Co-Nursing
Watch videos (ones we recommend in the resources or those you find). Practice instructing someone if you can. Let us know your favorite resources next time. Please remember your skill level and scope of practice. Anyone can provide peer infant feeding and lactation support, but know when to refer to a trained expert.
4. Continue (or Start) your Resource List
Most organizations serving low-resource people will still operate after an emergency. Start compiling a list of these organizations that would be great referral partners during an emergency. While you are searching, look for the emergency services and disaster planning organizations and contacts that serve your area. See more details here.
5. Field / Community Experience – RNA with 3 caregivers
If you have already done this, great! We encourage you to go out and support more families or help with (more) organizing.
The best way to get comfortable working with families and sites is to do it, then practice periodically to develop and maintain that skill. You don’t need to wait for an emergency situation to occur – there are families everywhere who do not have reliable access to safe water and other resources needed to safely feed children under 3 years old, and organizations that try to meet their needs.
In the next month, aim to use the Rapid Needs Assessment with at least 3 caregivers. If you are unable to connect with people who may be in need, ask someone to help you practice by role playing a scenario.
Complete the Evaluation
To track your attendance and help us improve, please complete the short evaluation as soon as you can. It is how we verify your attendance for the certificate of completion at the end of the series.
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Handouts, Links & Resources
Shared earlier
Cup Feeding — Quick Reference Guide
Pages 4–5 of the SAFE Infant Feeding Quick Reference Guide, bilingual English and Spanish.
New this session
Other Cup Feeding Resources
Further instruction and demonstrations from other agencies:
Shared earlier
Hand Expression — Quick Reference Guide
Pages 6–7 of the SAFE Infant Feeding Quick Reference Guide, bilingual English and Spanish.
The CDC also publishes hand expression guidance.
New this session
Relactation Resources
Restarting milk production after it has stopped — what is realistic, and how to support it:
New this session
Co-Nursing (Wet Nursing) Resources
When one lactating parent feeds another family’s baby — the questions to ask first, and the evidence behind them:
New this session
Alimentación Segura Infantil (ASI)
Run by Lourdes Santaballa, ASI is the Puerto Rico‑based organisation doing this work in Spanish. A model worth studying, and a partner worth knowing.
New this session
SAFE Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit Decision-making Guide
The questions to work through before you decide what goes in a sanitation kit, and how many you need.
Shared earlier
Bleach Alternative Notes
What to use for cold‑water purification when liquid bleach is not available, and what the evidence says about each option.
Shared earlier
Water Filters Meeting WHO Standards
Household water treatment products evaluated under the WHO international scheme. A three‑star rating is the best performance tier.
You can also read the WHO’s list of evaluated products.
Shared earlier
DIY Infant Feeding Sanitation Kit
How to build the sanitation kit the SAFE Team used in western North Carolina, for disinfecting infant and young child feeding items.
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