GOLD Learning Speakers
Aimee Grant, PhD
- Speaker Type: Ethics 2024
- Country: United Kingdom
Biography:
Aimee Grant is a Senior Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at Swansea University Centre for Lactation, Infant Feeding and Translation. She has researched marginalised pregnancy and early motherhood for the past decade, including those living in poverty, stigmatised locations and Disabled women. Aimee's current research is an 8 year longitudinal study using visual methods to understand Autistic experiences "from menstruation to menopause". She is the author of two Documentary Analysis texts (Routledge, 2019; Policy Press, 2022), and is currently writing The Autism Friendly Guide to Pregnancy (and the fourth trimester).
CE Library Presentation(s) Available Online:
Reviewing the Research on Breastfeeding in Public: Challenges, Solutions and Impact
Many parents in Global North countries identify breastfeeding outside of the home as a particular challenge, and this can lead to stopping breastfeeding earlier than intended. However, there are often legal protections available. In order to better understand this complicated landscape, I will present a summary of the 71 research studies published on this between 2007-2021. Current barriers to mothers being able to breastfeed in public spaces will be described in relation to the legal system, structural inequality and intersectionality, knowledge leading to incorrect beliefs among the public, and a hostile social environment. Within this context it is completely rational for parents to feel a range of negative responses, which lead to them feeling unsafe to breastfeed. Building on this evidence, I present a range of ways in which you may be able to have a positive impact on the environment around the mothers you support.
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Presentations:
5 | Hours / CE Credits: 5
| Viewing Time: 6 Weeks
Hours / CE Credits: 1 (details) | Categories:
(IBCLC) Clinical Skills, (Prof) Lactation Consultant, Ethics for Lactation Professionals, IBCLC Using Research
