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The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) is a professional organization that supports educators and other health care providers who believe in freedom to make decisions based on knowledge of alternatives in family-centered maternity and newborn care.
ICEA supports the World Health Organization’s Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes.
ICEA’s goals are to provide:
* Training and continuing education programs
* Quality educational resources
* Professional certification programs
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ICEA Membership gives you access to the ICEA Journal. ICEA is available to all parents, health profesionals, and anyone with an interest in the field of childbirth working to support women and childbearing families.
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"Pregnant women with long work commutes are at increased risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, according to a study published this week in the journal Economics & Human Biology." ow.ly/soQb30or6mW
How do we as birth workers facilitate change? Read our post by ICEA President Bonita Katz, BA RN ICCE ICBD IAT CLC, for some ideas!
"New dietary guidelines weigh in on pregnant women, infants and young children." ow.ly/u8Lo30or6fH
washingtonpost.com
The 2020 Dietary Guidelines will include recommendations for pregnant women, infants and young children. Which prompts the question: Why haven't they in the past?Did you know you can earn continuing education units for recertification by reading one of ICEA’s Position Papers in it’s entirety and taking the related Post Test? Start earning CEU's today! ow.ly/ru5U30nKbRY
"The prospect of starting or growing a family in the United States has become harder, costlier, and riskier today than it was a generation ago. Americans are 50 percent more likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers were." ow.ly/fCuR30or4MP
Behind the Headlines about Maternal Mortality
ihi.org
Many false assumptions persist about the alarming rise in deaths and complications from childbirth in the US. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, dispels the myths and explains some of the hard truths about why women in the US are 50 percent more likely to die in childbirth than their own mothers.
"Pregnant women with long work commutes are at increased risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, according t… t.co/nipqQCXDlb
How do we as birth workers facilitate change? Read our post by ICEA President Bonita Katz, BA RN ICCE ICBD IAT CLC, for some ideas!
"New dietary guidelines weigh in on pregnant women, infants and young children." t.co/GHjN4OCms4
Did you know you can earn continuing education units for recertification by reading one of ICEA’s Position Papers i… t.co/BY05kMgkUr
"The prospect of starting or growing a family in the United States has become harder, costlier, and riskier today t… t.co/xVEbsOz3LE
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The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) is a professional organization that supports educators and health care professionals who believe in freedom to make decisions based on knowledge of alternatives in family-centered maternity and newborn care.
