Persistent Environmental Toxicants in Human Milk

$10.00

SKU: ecourse_lecture_envTox

Description

Cost

$10 non-members
$9 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse for 1 year

Overview

This 1-hour course is a recording of a June 2021 presentation on persistent environmental toxicants in breastmilk.

Objectives

Participants will be able to identify sources of persistent toxicants in the environment and understand the mechanism through which they are transmitted into human milk.
Participants will be able to name 1-2 long-term associations between exposure to environmental toxicants and lactation and child health outcomes.

Topic Outline

Introduction to persistent environmental toxicants
Known effects of persistent environmental toxicants on mammary development and lactation
The effects of exposure to persistent environmental toxicants via breastmilk

Accreditation

CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Persistent Environmental Toxicants in Human Milk and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.00 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CERPs: IABLE, Long Term Provider #117-04, allocates 1 (L) CERP recognized by IBLCE for this recorded course.
IABLE has been accepted by International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a CERP Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE®’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAMINERS®, IBLCE®, INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT®, and IBCLC® are registered marks of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

Nursing Credits: All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialling Center (ANCC)
According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/

Speaker

Rachel Criswell MD, MS
Dr. Criswell received her Bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and her Medical Degree and Masters of Biomedical Sciences from Columbia University. She is the recipient of Columbia’s Grodman Prize for Global Health Research for her work on environmental toxins and lipid concentrations in human milk in the Norwegian Human Milk Study cohort. Her current research interests include environmental toxins in human milk and child health outcomes in rural populations, which she is studying with Dartmouth University’s New Hampshire Birth Cohort. She practices as a full spectrum family physician in central Maine with the Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, where she supports families through the prenatal period, breastfeeding, and transition to healthy nutrition throughout the lifespan.

Conflicts of Interest

None

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