{"id":3937,"date":"2022-03-31T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:33:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:33:01","slug":"2022-high-5-for-mom-baby-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/2022-high-5-for-mom-baby-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 High 5 for Mom &#038; Baby recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Breastfeeding plays a crucial role in the overall health of babies and mothers and demonstrates hospitals\u2019 commitment to improving infant and maternal health.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.high5kansas.org\/\">High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby<\/a> program, is committed to promoting breastfeeding best practices and to supporting hospitals\u2019 efforts to ensure their staff are prepared to support parents\u2019 breastfeeding needs and goals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Eighteen Kansas hospitals\u2019 commitment to improving infant and maternal health has earned them recognition through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.high5kansas.org\/\">High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Atchison \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amberwellhealth.org\/service\/obstetrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amberwell Health Atchison<\/a><\/li><li>Belleville \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rphospital.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republic County Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>Burlington \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffeyhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coffey County Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>\u200bChanute \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmrmc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center<\/a><\/li><li>\u200bDodge City\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernplainsmc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Western Plains Medical Complex<\/a><\/li><li>Hiawatha\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amberwellhealth.org\/hiawatha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amberwell Health Hiawatha<\/a><\/li><li>Hutchinson\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hutchregional.com\/locations-services\/hutchinson-regional-medical-center\/birthing-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hutchinson Regional Medical Center<\/a><\/li><li>\u200bJunction City\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gearycommunityhospital.org\/Specialties\/obgyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geary Community Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>Kansas City\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencekc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Providence Medical Center<\/a><\/li><li>\u200bLyons\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ricecountyhospital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital District #1 of Rice County<\/a><\/li><li>Manhattan\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viachristi.org\/location\/via-christi-hospital-manhattan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ascension Via Christi Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>McPherson \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mcphersoncenterforhealth.org\/services\/obgyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McPherson Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>Newton\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myNMChealth.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NMC Health<\/a><\/li><li>Overland Park\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newbirthcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Birth Company<\/a><\/li><li>Pittsburg \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viachristi.org\/locations\/hospitals\/via-christi-hospital-pittsburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ascension Via Christi Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>Quinter\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.govecountymedicalcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gove County Medical Center<\/a><\/li><li>Sabetha\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabethahospital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sabetha Community Hospital<\/a><\/li><li>Seneca\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nemvch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nemaha Valley Community Hospital<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby provides training, resources, and a framework to help Kansas hospitals and birth facilities implement five or more evidence-based practices proven to support successful breastfeeding, improving maternal and infant health outcomes while also reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To&nbsp;obtain High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby recognition, each facility must complete a voluntary, self-reported evaluation and&nbsp;follow&nbsp;five or more&nbsp;of the evidence-based High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby practices:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Facility will have a written maternity care and infant feeding policy that addresses all ten High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby practices supporting&nbsp;breastfeeding&nbsp;<\/li><li>Facility will maintain staff competency in&nbsp;lactation&nbsp;support<\/li><li>All pregnant women will receive information and instruction on&nbsp;breastfeeding<\/li><li>Assure immediate and sustained skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby after&nbsp;birth<\/li><li>All families will receive individualized infant feeding&nbsp;counseling<\/li><li>Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breastmilk unless medically&nbsp;indicated<\/li><li>Practice \u201crooming in\u201d &#8211; allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a&nbsp;day<\/li><li>Families will be encouraged to feed their babies when the baby exhibits feeding cues, regardless of feeding&nbsp;methods<\/li><li>Give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding&nbsp;infants<\/li><li>Provide mothers options for breastfeeding support in the community (such as a telephone number, walk-in clinic information, support groups, etc.) upon discharge&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>For a list of the 22 additional Kansas hospitals that maintain all ten of the evidence-based practices above and are recognized as High 5 for Mom and Baby Premier facilities, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.high5kansas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.high5kansas.org\/<\/a>.<\/strong> For more information on High 5\u00a0for Mom &amp; Baby, contact Cara Gerhardt, Program Coordinator: <a href=\"mailto:coordinator@high5kansas.org\">coordinator@high5kansas.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breastfeeding plays a crucial role in the overall health of babies and mothers and demonstrates hospitals\u2019 commitment to improving infant and maternal health. The United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, through its High 5 for Mom &amp; Baby program, is committed to promoting breastfeeding best practices and to supporting hospitals\u2019 efforts to ensure their staff are &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-childhood-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3937"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3952,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions\/3952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}