La Leche League of Connecticut 2026 Healthcare Provider Seminar on Lactation

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM ET, Other, non-HHC entity, ZOOM (Contact Activity Coordinator for information)

Register through the La Leche League of Connecticut website: https://www.lllct.org/registration

This interdisciplinary virtual program equips healthcare professionals to deliver equitable, evidence-based lactation support. Participants will explore racial inequities in lactation, ethical guidance such as the WHO Code, maternal health equity strategies, allergy management, and practical approaches to supporting diverse lactating families. Designed to strengthen team communication and improve breastfeeding initiation and duration.

1. Explain historical and present-day individual and systemic barriers to breastfeeding, identifying examples of bias in patient care, and understanding the impact of bias on the patient and patient-provider relationship.
2. Describe how to foster a patient-provider relationship that is supportive of Black individuals and the families of Black individuals who breastfeed, strategizing about how to do this in one’s own practice.
3. Identify at least three ways a provider can implement the concepts from this session to address racism in breastfeeding care for Black families on an individual and/or systems level.
4. Describe a professional conflict of interest for a health care provider involving a product falling under the scope of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.
5. Identify how structural and institutional forms of racism impact health (e.g., create disparities) for Black, Brown, and Indigenous families in the USA.
6. Describe how commercial marketing techniques, even of products falling outside the International Code, are intended to influence clinical behaviors for lactation specialists.
7. Summarize the Maternal Health Equity program’s design and its implementation of actions to identify, address, and reduce disparities in maternal health.
8. Describe the importance of doula support in maternal care equity and steps to ensure integration/collaboration with the perinatal care team.
9. Identify interventions to increase the number of IBCLCs that reflect the community to be served and improve lactation support, education and resources for all expectant and new parents.
10. List two signs/symptoms that may indicate the need for referral to a dietitian to oversee an elimination diet.
11. Describe the difference between an IgE and non-IgE mediated allergic response.
12. List diagnostic criteria for FPIAP, FPIES, and GERD.
13. Define the basic structure of an elimination diet.
14. Describe the possible impacts of unaddressed dietary allergen exposure in the breastfed infant.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (6.00 hours), ABP MOC Part 2 (6.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (6.00 hours), ASWB Contact Hour(s) (6.00 hours), CDR CPEU (6.00 hours), CT DPH: Cultural Competence (6.00 hours), IPCE Credit(s) (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (credits designated as AMA PRA Category 1) (6.00 hours)

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Hartford HealthCare and La Leche League of Connecticut. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians: Hartford HealthCare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.00 Medical Knowledge credits in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

• ABP MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 6.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Nurses: This activity is designated for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hours.

Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Hartford HealthCare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program.  Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.  Hartford HealthCare maintains responsibility for this course.  Social workers completing this course receive a maximum of 6.00cultural continuing education credits.

Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered: Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU).  If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU).  RD's and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log.  Performance Indicator selection is at the learner's discretion. This activity is designated for a maximum of 6.00 CDR CPEUs. 

Interprofessional Continuing Education: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

All Other Learners: All other learners will receive a Certificate of Participation for a maximum of 6.00 hours of education. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of credits certified by an organization accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.

Maximum credit amount subject to change based on final activity schedule.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 5 business days before the course will receive a full refund.  No refunds will be made for cancellations received after that date.  All refunds will be made in accordance with the procedures of the HHC Accounts Payable Department, and may take up to 60 days.  Please send cancellation requests to continuinged@hhchealth.org.

Hartford HealthCare reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Hartford HealthCare is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact [email protected].

Hartford HealthCare Continuing Education adheres to the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education's criteria, standards, and policies regarding industry support of continuing education, and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

Any individual in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others is required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). 

HHC CE reviews and mitigates all financial relationships prior to commencement of the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Hartford HealthCare adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). 

All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Thursday, April 23, 2026