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Optimizing Mother’s Own Milk Provision in the First Two Weeks and Its Economic Benefits in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Dr. Tricia Johnson and Dr. Leslie Parker

Time to read: 1 min.

Description:

This webinar will introduce “My Pumping Pathways,” an evidence-based, standardized and personalized approach for optimizing pumped mother’s own milk (MOM) volume for breast pump dependent mothers of preterm infants during the critical first two postpartum weeks. This webinar will then explore the economic benefits of MOM in the neonatal intensive care unit, demonstrating how increased MOM feeding rates reduce healthcare costs and improve infant health.

 

Objectives:

  • Explore the development, use, and benefits of “My Pumping Pathways,” a standardized and personalized approach for optimizing lactation during the first two weeks postpartum in breast pump dependent mothers.
  • Describe the economic impact of mother’s own milk (MOM) for preterm infants, comparing healthcare cost savings from the reduced incidence of complications against maternal and neonatal intensive care unit costs related to MOM, donor human milk and formula.

This program has been approved for 1.0 Contact Hours; provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13692

 

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Dr. Leslie Parker

Dr. Leslie Parker’s research involves nutritional support of the premature infant with an emphasis on breastfeeding infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). She has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research to study (1) the risks and benefits of routine gastric residual aspiration and evaluation in very premature infants and (2) the optimal timing of initiation of milk expression following the delivery of a very premature infant. She recently received a 2018 Research Opportunity grant to study strategies to increase lactation success in mothers of extremely premature infants. She received a UF Term Professorship award in 2017. Dr. Parker is board-certified as a neonatal nurse practitioner by the National Certification Corporation. She has an active practice as a neonatal nurse practitioner in the NICU at UF Health.

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Dr. Tricia Johnson

Dr. Tricia Johnson is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Health Systems Management at RUSH University. As one of the few human milk economists globally, her work intersects human milk provision, economic outcomes, and policy application, focusing on at-risk infants in the NICU. She is the principal investigator on two NIH-funded studies testing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions to mitigate economic barriers to MOM provision for mothers of very preterm infants.

 

With over 20 years of experience teaching graduate-level research methods and health economics, Dr. Johnson co-leads the RUSH BMO Institute for Health Equity’s research initiatives, including the Health Equity Research Scholars Program. She enjoys gardening, knitting, sewing, cooking, and reading printed books in her free time.