CHAMPS  Receives  Award  at  International  Pediatric  Association  Conference!    

 CHAMPS  is  delighted  to  report  that  our  abstract,  “CHAMPS:  Narrowing  the  Racial  Gap  in  Maternity  Practices  in  the  Southern  USA”  received  a  distinguished  award  at  the  28th  Congress  of  the  International  Pediatric  Association  in  Vancouver,  Canada  on  August  18,  2016!  AI/AN  CHAMPS  Project  Manager  Kirsten  Krane,  MS-­‐MPH,  RDN,  CLC  presented  the  abstract  on  behalf  of  CHAMPS  and  was  presented  with  the  “Premier  Abstract  Presenter”  award  and  certificate.        The  abstract  highlighted  the  work  that  CHAMPS  has  been  doing  with  hospitals  and  communities  in  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Texas  and  Tennessee  to  improve  maternal  child  health  practices,  increase  breastfeeding  rates,  and  improve  compliance  with  the  WHO’s  Baby-­‐Friendly  Hospital  Initiative.  Among  some  of  its  exciting  results  are  the  following:  Over  the  last  year,  breastfeeding  rates  across  the  cohort  of  reporting  CHAMPS  

hospitals  rose  from  64%  to  72%.  Breastfeeding  initiation  rates  in  Blacks  rose  from  50%  to  61%  and  in  Whites,  from  68%  to  76%.  Exclusive  breastfeeding  rose  from  32%  to  36%  (Blacks,  10%  to  23%;  Whites,  26%  to  55%).      What’s  the  best  news  of  all?  CHAMPS,  a  program  targeted  at  improving  breastfeeding  rates  and  reducing  racial  inequity,  is  showing  signs  of  success  at  the  completion  of  1  year  of  data  collection  and  analysis!      

 

Kirsten  Krane  with  IPA  award  certificate  

CHAMPS  abstract  poster