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Teaching the importance of breastfeeding in a nutrition rehabilitation clinic in Madhya Pradesh, India. A lactation consultant is a health professional who specializes in the clinical management of breastfeeding. The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) certifies lactation consultants who meet its criteria and have ...
Lactation counselors can be found working as staff in hospitals, at physician and midwife offices, in private practice, and in the public health sector. The candidates for the certified lactation counselor credential qualify for this designation by passing the didactic and written examinations of the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice. [1]
Diane Wiessinger became a La Leche League Leader in 1985 and in 1990 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. In 1992 she opened her private lactation consultant practice. [3] In 1996 Wiessinger wrote her seminal essay "Watch your language!", pioneering research into the language that is used to describe breastfeeding. [4]
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After giving birth to her first child at home on the farm in 1972, Evans became a childbirth educator and breastfeeding advisor, later working as one of the nation’s first paid lactation consultants at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Until her retirement from the field in 2003, she remained involved in health education and midwifery ...
Lactation consultants are board-certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. [21] The majority of lactation consultants hold a certification in another healthcare profession, often as a nurse, midwife, dietician or physician. However, there is no specific post-secondary education required to become a lactation consultant.
The Journal of Human Lactation described this book as "an excellent resource for healthcare professionals, in particular lactation consultants." [ 14 ] [ 15 ] West led a team of international lactation professionals in developing The Clinician's Breastfeeding Triage Tool for the International Lactation Consultant Association in 2007, which was ...