Lactation

August 14, 2024

UAMS, Community Partners Work Together to Increase Spanish-Language Breastfeeding Support

David Wise

The first class of certified lactation counselors pose for a photo.

Last year, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation partnered with Cuenta Conmigo Cooperative to train community health workers to become certified lactation counselors (CLCs). Spanish-speaking community health workers completed 95 hours of training and can now take the certification assessment in the fall. A certified lactation counselor (CLC)…

December 7, 2023

UAMS Partners with Local Institutions to Provide Lactation Spaces for Breastfeeding Mothers

David Wise

A lactation pod at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale

FAYETTEVILLE — Working with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research, the Jones Center for Families, Arkansas Legal Aid, the Center for Nonprofits at the JTL Shop and the Springdale Library each recently installed new spaces for nursing mothers to comfortably breastfeed or pump breast milk. “The creation…