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This dowload contains unlimited access to a 75 min recorded webinar and handout
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IBLCE Approval Number: C2024306
Violence Against Women in the Perinatal Period(includes statistics for mothers in the military)
75 mins
Previous violence can influence a woman’s mothering experience, but do not have to be the blueprint for the rest of their lives. Breastfeeding intersects with the sequelae of violence in several interesting ways. This session provides an overview of recent research on the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), intimate partner violence, and sexual assault on perinatal women. Trauma is more likely to influence breastfeeding if there are sequelae such as depression, anxiety, or PTSD. In addition, there are potential benefits of breastfeeding for trauma survivors. You will learn how to offer trauma-informed care while staying within your scope of practice as a breastfeeding supporter.
Objectives
- Describe the mixed findings on the impact on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), partner violence, sexual assault, and military sexual trauma on breastfeeding and mental health.
- Understand the pathways by which abuse, or trauma can influence sequelae including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
- Describe specifics steps providers can take to work with breastfeeding abuse survivors.
Outline
1. Overview of Violence against Women
A. Definitions of childhood adversity (sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; physical and emotional neglect; parental partner violence, substance abuse, criminal activity, and mental illness)
B. Definition of partner violence
C. Definition of military sexual trauma
2. Are abuse survivors less likely to breastfeed?
A. Findings are mixed.
B. The importance of trauma sequelae.
3. Common sequelae of trauma and how they are relevant to breastfeeding
A. Depression
B. Anxiety
C. PTSD
4. Surprising benefits of breastfeeding for trauma survivors
A. Lower risk of intergenerational trauma
B. Attenuated trauma symptoms
5. Practical Suggestions for working with abuse survivors
A. Times that might be difficult
B. Reactions that might be observed
C. Should you ask?
D. What you can do
E. Boundaries and self-care
F. What mothers and their families can do.
