Misson:
Our
mission is to advance lactation
education through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and
research,
and to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding in
low-income
minority populations through comprehensive education of health
professionals.
Vision:
Babies
and Mothers, Inc. envisions
developing a worldwide network of health educators who promote
breastfeeding
education by reaching out to health professionals and encouraging them
to be
actively involved in recruiting low-income minority families to
breastfeed.
Goals:
- BAM aims to provide health professionals with comprehensive, current, and culturally appropriate information so they understand how to target low-income minority families.
- BAM
will endeavor to provide low-income families with breastfeeding
knowledge and skills so they desire to advocate breastfeeding.
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BAM plans to promote the understanding that
interagency cooperation between hospitals and public health programs in
necessary to reach breastfeeding families in need.
Objectives:
- BAM will update educational materials every 90 days so health professionals who are associated with BAM will identify the need for current and culturally appropriate information.
- 10% of low-income minority mothers will understand the importance of breastfeeding.
- At
least one private or public health facility will sponsor a support
group for low-income minority families who are breastfeeding.
Our Slogan
The slogan of Babies and Mothers Incorporated is “Impacting the Future through Breastfeeding Education.” BAM educates health professionals about the importance of promoting breastfeeding in low-income minority families through continuing education seminars. Often, health professionals attend continuing education seminars, listen to a lecture, collect their continuing education credits, return home, and promptly forget everything they heard. BAM will attempt to impact these health professionals by involving them in their education through four workshops that include innovative activities and provide creative promotional items. Furthermore, BAM will also illustrate the impact that breastfeeding can have on babies, mothers, families, and even communities.