Your Input is Needed
McLaren Bay Regional, in Bay City Michigan, is collaborating with partnering agencies and select area health care providers to improve breastfeeding promotion and support in our community. We are in need of community members to join our Hospital-Community Task Force as your input is essential to addressing the challenges of meeting these health objectives.
About the Grant
This grant is through Quality Improvement through Training, Accountability and Community Supports (QI-TRACS), funded by W. K. Kellogg Foundation, to support work toward reducing breastfeeding disparities in at-risk populations.
Breastmilk is very important to achieving optimal health for infants, and many of the benefits continue for a lifetime. A recent study, published in The Lancet in January 2022, found a 26% reduction in infant deaths in the first year of life associated with the initiation of breastfeeding. These findings support efforts to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding as a key strategy for reducing U.S. infant death rates.
Questions
Contact Becky Morgan for more information: [email protected] or 989-894-3935.